CATALOGUE RAISONNl
Oi THE
BUHAR LIBRARY
VOLUME I
PERSIAN MANUSCRIPTS.
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CATALOGUE RAISONNE OF
THE BUHAR LIBRARY
I
CATALOGUE RAISONNfi OF THE
BUHAR LIBRARY
VOLUME I
CATALOGUE OF THE
PERSIAN MANUSCRIPTS
IN THE BUHAR LIBRARY
BEGUN BY
MAULAVl QASIM HASIR RADAVI
REVISED AND COMPLETED BY
MAULAVl VABD-Ul.-M UQTADIR .
Khan Saheb
CALCUTTA
IMPERIAL LIBRARY
1921
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
1 Preface . . . . . . vii
2 Transliteration Table . . . xi
3 Synopsis of Contents xiii
4 Catalogue . . i
5 Classified Index , . 355
6 Alphabetical Index . . . 367
7 Additions and Corrections - . . 383
PREFACE
It was Munshi Sayyid Sadr-ud-Din of “Buhar in Bardawan who
Jaid the foundation of the Buhar Library He was Mir Mun^^ii of Mir
Ja‘far, Nawwab of Murshidabad, and tutor to his son and successor,
Najm-ud-Daulah He seived subsequently as Mull'll to Warren
Hastings, and in that capacity played an impoitant part in the transfer
of the Diwani from the Nawwab of Murshidabad to the East India
Company The Emperor 8hah Alain, who held him m high esteem,
appointed him Mutawalh (Trustee) of the Ba’is Hazaii Paiganahs of
Bengal the tenure of which had been gi anted to the eminent saint,
Sayyid Jalal Tabiizi (d A H 6J:2-A D 1244) who came to Panduah, m
Bengal, in the seyenth century of the Hijrah
In A H 1 189-A D 1775 Mun^hi Sadr-ud-Din founded the famous
Jalaliyah Madrasah, placing at its head MauLina Abd-ul-'Ali of
Lucknow (d A H 1225-A D 1810), popularH known as Bahr ul-‘Ulum
or the Sea of Knowledge ” the distinguished Indian scholar and writer
Mun^ii Sadi -nd-Din attached to the Madiasah the“ Jalaliyah Library ”
as the Buh<ir Library w^as originally designated The income of the
Ba’is Hazari Paiganahs piovided the funds required for the Jalaliyah
Madrasah and the Library
Munshi Sadi-ud-Din died on the 14th of Kamadan,AH 1211-
^ D 179b The othei member of the Buhar family with whom we aie
(onceined is another Sadi-ud-l)in, the great-grandson of Munshi
Sayyid Sadr-ud-Din, and to be distinguished from him as Maulavi
Sadi-ud-Din Ahmad He was bom in Buhar m A H 1259 -A D 1843
He eyinced from boyhood an eager taste and exceptional aptitude foi
Oriental learning He became a good scholar A laige number of
the manuscripts of the Buhar Library contain notes fiom his hand,
showing how attentiyely he had perused them The woiks we owe
him die the Rawa’ih-ul-Mustafa and an edition of Nasa’i’s al-S;tasa’is
He IS reported to have wnatten a reply to Maulavi Shibli Nu mani’s
Al-Fariiq , but his work, entitled Al-Muitada, remains unpublished
How extensive the Buhai Library was at the time of the
decease of Mun^i Sadi-ud-Din is not known Much is understood to
have been lost between that date and the as'^umption of charge by
Maulavi Sadr-ud-Din Ahmad about the middle of last century It
then consisted of only 100 rnanusciipts and some printed books By
1905 it had grown by purchase, as well as by the addition of copies of
manuscripts in other Indian libraries, to a collection of four hundred
and sixty-eight Arabic manuscripts, four hundred and eighty-three
Persian manuscripts, one Turkish manuscript, and one Urdu manu-
script, besides about nine hundred and forty Arabic, four hundred
Persian, and one hundred and foity Urdu books, printed or litho-
graphed This growth was due entirely to the enthusiastic spirit of
Maulavi Sadr ud-Din Ahmad
PREFACL
It was the same spirit that dictated the wish that the Buhar
Library should remain intact for the use of all succeeding generations
of Arabic and Persian scholars To secure this Maulavi Sadr-ud-Din
Alimad presented the library to the Government of India under an
agreement, signed by himself and by the Secretary to the Government
of India in the Home Department on behalf of the Secretary of State
for India, on the 22nd August, 1904 In accordance with the agree-
ment the Buhar Librarv, which is alwavs to be so designated, is pre-
served in a separate room in Metcalfe Hall in Calcutta Two illumi-
nated manuscripts one, the Quran, written in a beautiful minute Nask])
by the Emperoi Aurangzib A H 1099, the other, a copv of the Panj
Surah, written in a learned Naskb m gold by the prince Dara Sbikuh,
are m the custody of the Trustees of the Victoria Memorial Hall in
Calcutta , but this too, is in accordance with the agieenient
Maulavi Sadr-ud-Din Ahmad died in 1905, less than a year mftei
the presentation of the libiarv to the Government of India
Th(‘ compilation of a catalogue raisonne of the manuscripts was
begun by Maulavi Abul Kliayr Muhammad Yiisuf, who held the post
of cleik-in-charge of the Buhai Libraiy from July 1905 to October
1900 He dealt only with the Arabic manuscripts His succe^-^soi,
Maulavi Qasim Hash Radawi, who held the post Irom 1906-1909,
]>iepared notices of nearly all the Persian manuscripts The work was
])erforce suspended dining the incumbency of the next clerk-in-charge,
tor, although a good Arabic scholar, he was without the aptitude
requisite for cataloguing In December 1914, the Secretaiy of State
for India accorded his sanction to a proposal that Maulavi Hulayat
Husavn, Professoi of Aiabic and Peisian at the Presidency CoMegt ,
(’alcutta, should be entrusted with the revision and completion ot
Maulavi Abul Khavr’s catalogue of the Arabic manuscripts, and that
Kli an 8Miib ^Abd-ul-Muqtadir, the cataloguer of the Persian manu
scripts in the Oriental Public Librar\ at Bankipur, should do the same
for Maulavi Hasir’s catalogue of the Persian manuscripts
I deal in what follows only with the catalogue ot the Persian
manuscripts It is less full than some of those that have been pub-
lished of similai but larger collections manuscripts If was thought
unnecesbary to ie]ieat the biographical accounts of veil-known authors
that aie to be found m other catalogues Following the example ol
Di. E Blochet in his “ Catalogue des Manuscrits Persans de la
Bibhotheque Nationale, ’ Kiian SMub ‘Abd-ul-Muqtadir has not given
references to notices of other manuscript copies in other catalogues
Full biographical accounts have, howevei been given whenevei pos-
sible, of authors not well known, and each manuscript ot special in-
terest has been made the subject of a relatively long notice A point
has been made of placing the notices of the manuscripts so as to show the
chronological sequence of the wwks m the library on history, biography,
and the other eight groups Effort has also been made to ascertain
the places of birth and the dates of death of authors The determina-
tion of the precise date of composition, or the approximate date, has
been done thoroughly , and the external apjieaiance of the manuscripts,
the nature of the hand writing, the existence of lacunae, and the
misplacing of folios by the binder have always been noted
PREFACE
IX
Several of the manuscripts heie described are of gieat interest , but
the gem of the collection is a unique history of Herat (No 58), written in
the beginning of the eighth century of the Hi^rah by an author who was
himself an eye-witness of most of the events narrated by him Attention
ma 3 ^ also be called to a very rare copy of a cosmographical work (No 97),
composed m the beginning of the latter half of the sixth century A H ,
to a rare, though mcorre(‘t, copy of Shams -i-Qays’sAl-Mu’jam (No 262)
a work on rhyme and prosody of which only thiee other copies aie
known to exist, to the rare copies of Nizami’s Diwan (No 294), the
Ma^nawis of Jamal-i Kanbuhi (No 367) , the Kliamsah of Sarfi
Kashmhi (No 366), and to a yery inteiesting and extremely rare copy
of Sharaf-ud-Din Ali Yazdi’s anthology (No 431) Among other
interesting manuscripts are a beautifully written copy of Firdausi’s ^^ah
Namah (No 276), containing fine illustrations of the Persian school,
an illuminated copy of Nizami’s ^^amsah (No 295) , a beautifully
illustrated copy of the Kliawar Namah (No 328) representing the
finest specimen of Indian miniature painting and calligraphy , and a
good and collect copy of Daulat Shah’s Tadkirat-u^-^iu‘ara (No 90),
dated A H 980 , and a beautifully written copy of Oazali’s Kimiya-i-
Sa‘adat(No 166), dated A H 903, transcribed fiorn and eollated with,
the author’s copy
The ])ower of lending the manuseiipts to schoLiis, conferred on
the Government of India, is naiiowly lestricted The relevant clause
of the agreement is —
(6) “ iVo illuminated manuscripts in the Bohar Library shall be
taken out of the premises of the Impel lal Library, except such as the
(’ommittee or Trustees of the Victoria Memorial Hall may desire to
have removed to, and kept in, such hall, with the approval of the
Gouncil of the Impel lal Library, and no manuscript of the said Bohai
Library shall be taken out of Calcutta ”
The hope may be expressed that the publication of this catalogue
and the catalogue of the Arabic manuscripts, now far advanced, may
serve to make the Buhar Library more widely known to Arabic and
Persian scholars The Imperial Library collections of Arabic, Persian
and Urdu books, now small, but steadily growing, are also freely at
the disposal of visitois to the Buhar Library Dependence is placed
on their co-operation in building up these collections
I A CHAPMAN
fiMPERiiL Library, Metcai.m' Hail,
Calvnffa, bih of Febnmry 1919
TRANSLITERATION
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SYNOPSIS OF CONTENTS
( History
Pages
1 General Hi‘^tory, Nos 1-14 1-12
2 History of Creeds and Sects,
No 15 12
3 History of the prophets,
Muhammad, l^ialifa
and the Imams Nos
16-43 13-31
4 History of the Gaznawis,
No 44 31
5 History ol the Mugals, No
45 32
6 History of Timui , Nos 46-47 34
7 History of Nadir ^ah,
Nos 48-50 35-36
8 History of Persia, Nos
51-57 37-40
9 History of Heiat, No 58 41
10 History of Europe, No 59 43
1 1 Indian Histones —
(а) General History of
India, No 60 44
(б) Sultans of Dihli, Nos
61-62 45-46
(c) History of the Timuiides
m India, Nos 63-79 47 5b
{d) Local Histones of India
(i) Ka^mir, Nos 80-81 57
(ii) Bengal, No 82 58
11 Biography
1 Saints, Nos 83-89 59-63
2 Poets, No>5 90-03 64-66
3 Philosophers, No 94 b6
4 Memoirs and Travels, Nos
95-06 67-68
III Geography, Cosmographv and
Topography
1 Nos 97-102 70-77
IV Theology and Law
1 Hinduism, Nos 103-107 70-81
2 Exposition of the Truth,
Rights and Duties of
Islam according to the
various Sects and Doc-
trines, Nos 108-142 83-108
3 Commentaries and other
Explanatory works on
theQuraii.Nos 143-156 109-118
4 Traditions of Muhammad
and the Imams, Nos
157-164 . 119-127
5 Asceticism and ^ u fi s m
(Prose works) (For
Pages
Poetical \v orks see
Poetry), Nos 165-190 128-147
6 Players, Invocations, etc ,
Nos 191-206 148-156
V Arts and Sciences
1 Philosophy, No 207 15b
2 Ethics and Politics, Nos
208-214 162-167
3 Compendia ol Science and
Encyclopaedias, Nos
215-222 . 168-175
4 Aiitlimetic, No 223 176
5 Astionomy and Astiology,
Nos 224-228 177-180
6 Medicine, Nos 229-:32 181-183
7 Farrieiy,No 233 184
8 Archery, No. 234 185
9 Music, Nos 234-237 186-187
10 Divination, Geomancy and
jMagic, Nos 238-241 188-190
11 Interpretation of Dreams,
No 242 191
12 Specimen ot ('alhgraphy,
No 243 191
VI PHILOLO(.y
I Lexicogiaphy —
(a) Pcisian Dictionaries,
Nos 244-248 192-194
(b) Ai abic-Persian D i c -
tionaries, Nos 249-
254 195-198
(c) rurkish-Persian Dic-
tionaiy, No 255 198
2 Grammar, Nos 256-261 199-202
3 Piosodv,No3 262-266 203-205
4 Rhetoric, Ornate Prose and
Letters, Nos 267-274 206-211
6 Proverbs, No 275 211
VII Poetry
1 Single Poets, Nos 276-430 212-300
2 Anthologies, Nos 431-438 310-314
VIII Fables, Tales and Anecdotes
1 Nos 439-466 " 315-331
IX Miscellanies
1 Nos 467-471 .. 332-335
X MSS OF Mixed Contents
I 1 Nos 472-485 335-353
I. HISTORY.
(i) General History.
No. 1.
foil. 626; lines 19; size 13X8, 9X4^
TARIKH-T-GUZiDAH.
A general history of the world from the earliest times to A.H.
730 = A.D. 1329, by Hamd Ullah b Abi Bakr b. Ahmad b. Nasr
Mustaufi of Qazwm ^ ^ 4wl
completed in the aforesaid year ajiid dedicated to the Wazir 6iyas-
ud-Din Muhammad, the son of Ra^id-ud-Dm Fadl Ullah
Beginning —
The work is divided into an introduction (Fatihah), six chap-
ters (Babs), each sub-divided into several sections (Fasls), and an
appendix (Khatimah), as follows —
Introduction, on the creation of the world, fol 146.
Chapter I, Prophets and sages from Adam to Muhammad,
fol 17« (in two sections).
Chapter II, Pre-Islamic kings, fol. 80« (in four sections)
Chapter III, Muhammad, his lOialifs, friends and descendants,
fol 127« (in SIX sections)
Chapter^ IV, Islamic kings, fol 363« (in twelve sections).
Chapter V, Mujtahids, Qaris, T-^aditiomsts, Shayidis, ‘Ulama,
and Poets, fol 54 5« (in six sections) The introductory
heading is wanting here.
Chapter VI (wrongly written here c->b). Account of the
author’s native land Qazwin, fol. 684« (in eight sections).
This chapter has been translated by M Barbier de Meynard
in the Jburnal Asiatique, 6® sene, vol x, pp 257-295
The appendix, containing a description of genealogical tables
devised by the author to illustrate general history, is
wanting
2
Prof E G. Browne has reproduced the work m facsimile from
a MS. dated A.H. 867, with an introduction. Fol. 407 is blank
The copy is full of corr^tions and emendations, but clerical
errors and gaps are numerous.
Written in cursive Indian Ta‘liq. The headings are written
m red.
Not dated, apparently 19th century
%
No. 2.
foil. 101, lines 27-30; size 10x7, 8x5
(iuaJi
RAUDAT-US-SAFA.
A fragment of the most popular universal history Raudat-us-
Safa, which was composed by Mir Khwand (d. A.H. 903 = A D.
1497) at the request of Mir ‘Ah Shir Nawa’i. The entire
work 18 divided into eight volumes, but the present copy comprises
only the latter portion of the fifth volume beginning with the his-
tory of the kings of Egypt, who reigned there after the extinction
of the Isma‘ilis, and endmg with the account of Khwajah ‘Ali
Muwayyid, the last ruler of the Sarbadars, corresponding with pp.
94-186 of vol. V of the Bombay Edition.
The MS. opens abruptly thus —
The Raudat-us-Safa has been lithographed in Bombay, A.H.
1271, and in Teheran, A.H. 1270-74 A Turkish translation of the
work was printed at Constantinople, A.H 1268
The present copy, written in a learned Nas^ with rubrics,
seems to be a correct one.
The last nine folios are damaged and are pasted in several
places.
Not dated, apparently 17th century.
A seal dated A.H. 1213 and bearing the inscription
is found on the last folio of the copy
No. 3.
foil. 343, lines 20, size 14X9, 9|X6.
KHULASAT-UL-AKHBAR. ^
A general history from the earliest times to A.H. 905= A.D.
1499, which the author Giyag-ud-Din b. Humam-ud-Din, surnamed
3
lyiwand Amir (born al
Herat about A H. 880 = A D. 1475, died in Gujarat, A H 941 =
A D 1634) abridged from his maternal grandfather Mir Khwand’s
well-known historical work Raudat-us-Safa
Beginning —
♦
The author wrote the work at the request of Mir ‘Ali l^iii
Nawa’i. It is divided into a Muqaddimah, ten Maqalahs and a
OMimah
A great portion of the work has been translated by Major
David Price in his Retrospect of Muhainniadari History,
Written in a clear Nasta‘liq within gold and coloured ruled
borders with a beautifully illuminated frontispiece and ‘Unwan
Not dated, apparently 17th century.
The MS is in a very damaged condition
No. 4.
foil 215, lines 19, size 11X8, 8x5J.
I ^
HABiB-US-SIYAR
The well-known universal history from the creation of the
world to A.H. 930 = AD 1523, by the same Giyas-ud-Din b
Humam-ud-Din, surnamed IQiwand Amir (d A H 941== AD
1534), who was engaged in this work from A.H 927-930 = AD
1621-1524 Elliot (Bibl Index, Vol. I, p. 122), however, but on
the authority of only one MS , states that the author did not com-
plete his work until A.H. 935 = A D 1528
Beginning : —
u-iuUai
Edited, Teheran, A.H. 1271 , Bombay, A.H. 1273.
The entire work is divided into three volumes ( .31^ ) each of
which comprises four chapters This library possesses only the first
volume bound in two separate parts
Part I
Iftitah or Introduction, on the creation, Ihlis, Jinns, etc.,
fol. 11&.
Chapter I, History of the Prophets and philosophers, fol 16«
Chapter II, Jlistory of the kings of Arabia and Persia before
Islamism, fol. 131«.
Chapter III, History of Muhammad, fol. 20,4^.
4
The copy breaks off in the middle of the account relating to
the date of the Prophet’s birth with the following words —
♦ (j (Lew (.J 1
No. 5.
foil. 216-426; lines and size same as above.
Part II or the continuation of the above, beginning with the
words —
^w>
Chapter IV, History of the first four Khalifs, on fol 322^
Both copies are written in fair Nasta‘liq by the same scribe
The frontispiece of the first part is fairly illuminated
Not dated, apparently 1 8th century
No. 6.
foil 119, lines 31, size 11| ' 7; 9JX5|^
LUBB-UT-TAWARIKH
A general history from the earliest times to A H 948 = A.D
1541 by Yahya b. ‘Abd-ul-Latif ul-Husayni ul-Qazwini ^
jjwc who, according to a notice of his life
found at the end of this copy (fol 119^), was born on Thursday,
the 19th of Du’lqa‘d, A H 855 = AD 1451, and died in Isfah^ on
the 23rd of Kajab, A.H 962 = A D. 1554
Beginning —
The work was written by order of Prince Abul Path Bahram
Mirza, the fourth son of Shah Isma‘il Safawi, and was completed,
according to Rieu I, p 104, on the 20th Dul Hijjah, A H. 948 =
A D. 1641 ; but like Rieu’s copy this one contains several accounts
of a later period, e.gr. the death of Humayun m A.H. 963 = A D
1666 (fol. 90^) and even of Akbar in A H 1014 = A.D 1605
(fol 118^>).
A Latin translation, with the title “Medulla Historiarum,”
was published in A. P. Biisching’s “Magazin fur die neue Historie
und Geographic, ” vol. xvii, Halle, 1783
5
The work is divided into four parts called Qisms, with numer-
ous subdivisions —
Qism I, Muhammad and the twelve Imams, fol. 2«
Qism IT, Pre-Islamic kings, fol. 10^.
Qism III (wrongly written here <UUx>), The post-Muham-
madan rulers, fol. 21&
Qism IV, The Safawi Kings, fol. 102&.
Written in cursive Na8ta‘liq within coloured ruled borders
The colophon is dated the 14th of Safar, A.H i— aJI ^ j
most probably a mistake for i.e 1073 It
was written at Fathabad in the Deccan by Muhammad Rida bin
Muhammad Salih Ma^hadi The headings are written in red
The names of persons and the titles of books quoted in the text
are marked with red lines
There are several ‘Ard-didahs and notes of the time of Jalal-
ud-Din Shah ‘Alam (A H. 1 173-1221 == A.D 1759-1806), and some
others, the dates of which range from AH 1173-1195
No. 7.
foil 286; lines 15, size 8x5J, 6X3^
NIGARISTAN
A very large collection of narrative accounts, extracted from
trustworthy historical works, and arranged in proper order under
the dynasties to which they relate, by Ahmad b Muhammad b
‘Abdul Oafur ul-Oaffari ul-Qazwini, better known as QMi Ahmad
Oafifari ^
(d. AH 975 «= A.D 1567), who, besides this work,
wrote the well-known history called Jahan Ara in A.H. 972=A D
1564 and dedicated it to Shah Tahmasp Safawi
Beginning . —
Foil 138, 283 and 284 have been supplied m a later hand
There is a lacuna after fol 284?>.
Written in fair Na8ta‘liq.
The colophon is dated 22nd Rabi‘ II, A H. 168, probably a
mistake for 1168.
Scribe — ^
6
No. 8.
foil. 394; lines 34-35; size 15X8J; 13JX6
RAUDAT-UT-TAHIRiN.
A general history from the earliest times to A H. 1014 = A.D.
1605, by Tahir Muhammad b ‘Imad-ud-Din Hasan b Sultan ‘Ali
b Haji Muhammad Husayn Sabzwari
^
Beginning —
■* b ^ ,JU.j JLi(.sxj*w- y^oA.
According to the author’s statement in the preface the first
word of the title, which is equal to 10 H, is a chronogram for the
date of composition of the work, but the history of the reign of
Akbar down to his death in A.H 1014 shows that the work was
subsequently brought down to a later period
The work is divided into five parts (Qisms), subdivided into
chapters (Babs), and again into sections (Fa sis)
A very full table of contents, in which not only the dynasties
but the individual kings are enumerated , with the length of their
Feigns, occupies the first fourteen folios
Contents —
Qism I — Prophets and sages, early kings of Persia and
Arab kings, fol 13«
Qism II — The first four Khalifs and the Imams, fol 179^
(Space for the heading is left blank here)
Qism III —The Turks, Chingiz JOian, Timur, and the Safawi
kings, fol 211^
Qism IV. — Hindu traditions, from the Mahabharat , as trans-
lated into Persian by the order of Akbar, fol 290^
Qism V — Kings of India with a special history of Akbar
from his accession to his death, the nobles, poets and
‘Ulama of his Court This Qism ends with an account
of the wonders and curiosities of the islands and harbours
in the Bay of Bengal
Qism IV is wrongly followed by the history of the reign of
Akbar (foil 346^-374^), which really belongs to the latter portion
of Qism V, and the history of the earlier kings of India (foil 377^-
393^), with which the fifth Qism begins, is placed after the history of
Akbar. There is a lacuna after fol. 374^ and the history of Akbar
breaks off in the beginning of the account relating to^A.H 1013
(two leaves have been left blank here) There is another lacuna
7
after fol. 393^ where the narrative breaks off m the middle of the
reign of Hnmayun, and folio 394» abrujJtly opens with the con
eluding part of the account relating to the curiosities of the islands
and harbours of Bengal
Spaces for headings have been left blank in many places to
wards the end of the copy.
Written in a fair Indian Ta‘liq Poll 363«-374^ are written ir
a different hand
Noted dated, apparently 17th century
No. 9.
foil 636, lines 21, size 11^X7, 91^X51^
MUNTAKHAB-UT-TAWARIKH
A comprehensive general history from the beginning of th<
world to the time of Shah Jahan (AH 1037 1069 = A. D. 1628
1659), to whom the work is dedicated, by Muhammad Yusuf
b Shaykh Rahmat Ullah ul-Ataki ul-Kan‘ani ^
4Jjl ^ who completed it, according to Rieu, p 12S
in A H 1056 = AD 1646 See also Bank Lib Cat No 476 ^
Beginning —
« ^ ^
The entire work is divided into a Muqaddimah, five Qism
and a Khatimah, but this copy comprises the Muqqadimah am
the first three Qisms only, as follows ™
Muqaddimah, divided into four Fasls —
1 Utility of history, fol 9^
2 Creation, fol 10»
3. Tribes of the Jinns, fol 13^
4 Constitution of the human body, fol 15^
Qism I, divided into two Babs —
1 Prophets and apostles, fol 1 8®
2 Ancient sages and philosophers, fol 1 34^
Qism II, divided into two Babs . —
1 Early kings of Persia, fol 146^
2 Kings who were contemporary with the early king
of Persia, fol I96»
Qism III, divided into two Babs —
1 History of Muhammad, fol 238^
8
2. History of the early Khalifs, the kings of Umayyah
and the ‘Abbaside Khalifs, fol 406«
Foil 622«-624^ are left blank and the accounts of the Khalifs
Mu‘tadid (A H. 279-289 = A D 892-902), Muqtafi (A.H. 289-295
«A.I). 902-908) and Muqtadir (A.H 296-320 = A.D. 908-932)
are wanting
The account of the divisions into which the work is divided,
given at the beginning of the copy, is erroneous and confusing.
The copy, written in fair Nasta‘liq, is full of clerical errors.
Spaces for headings have been left blank in several places The
name of the scribe found at the end of Qism II,
fol 237^
Not dated, apparently 19th century
The MS is slightly damaged
No, 10. {Tnikish),
foil 90 , lines 16-30 ; size 1 If x 8 , 8x4
TAQ WiM-UT-TAWARIKH .
A very neat copy of the Turkish original of the famous chrono •
logical tables composed in A H 1058 = A.D 1648, by Mustafa
b ‘Abd Ullah, better known as Haji l^alifah 41)1
^ fihe author of the well-known work Kashf-
uz-Zunun, who died in A.H 1068 = A D. 1667
Beginning —
The Turkish preface is preceded by a short preamble in Persian.
The work has been printed in Constantinople, A.H. 1146.
A Persian translation of the work is noticed in Rieu, i p. 137
Contents —
Preface and introduction treating of the various eras, fol 1^
Chronological tables for the period extending from Adam to
the Hijrah, fol. 9^
Chronological tables from the first year of the Hijrah to A.H
1045, foil 20«-73&.
Each page is divided into ten columns
Foil 74 and 76 blank.
The above is followed by tables of dynasties, viz. 25 (in Rieu,
Turkish Cat., loc. cit., 26) anterior to Islamism and 109 (in Rieu,
tb., 110) posterior to it, foil. 76«-802>.
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Tables of the Osmanli Sultans of the grand Wazirs, Qadi-
‘Askers, tutors of the Sultans and Qadis of Constantinople, foil 8l«-
89^ These are arranged in five or six columns, which show the
name of each dynasty, the number of its sovereigns, its seat, the
dates of its rise and of its extinction, and lastly, its duration
The l^atimah begins on fol 90«
Written in a learned Ta‘liq within red-ruled borders on good
thick paper.
Not dated, apparently 17th century
The additions of numerous historical notes written in Turki,
which are found on the margins throughout the copy, the correc-
tions and emendations in several places, and the learned hand in
which the copy is written, tend to suggest that the MS is an auto-
graph of the learned author
No. 11.
foil 291, lines 31 , size 15JX8J, 11|X5|^
MIR’AT-UL-‘ALAM
A very useful and trustworthy compendium of eastern history
from the earliest times to the reign of Aurangzib, compiled in A H.
1078 = A.D 1667
Beginning —
» V — ^La9 ^ yjrff
The work is usually ascribed to Muhammad Bakhtawar KJhan
(d. A H 1096 — A. D 1685), who in the preface
to the work claims the authorship for himself, while the real
author is Muhammad Baqa of Saharanpur Lw (d
A.H 1094 — A. D 1683), a friend of Ba^itawar Khan. For a dis-
cussion of this controversial point see Bankipur Lib Cat. No. 477
The work is divided into an introduction, seven sections, called
each sub-divided into several chapters called and
Jyj; one appendix, termed and a conclusion or A
very full table of contents, occupying foil 2«-4«, is given in the
beginning of the work
Written in a fair Nastaliq with the headings in red. The
last four folios have been placed in new margins.
Not dated, apparently 18th century.
2
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No. 12.
foil. 311; lines 13; size lOfXSJ, 8^X6.
cljIAJs ^ d-sL^cCU/o
MUNTAKJ[ABAT-I.MIR’AT-UL-‘ALAM WA TABAQAT-I-
AKBARI
Extracts from the Mir’at-ul-‘Alam (noticed above) and the
Tab aq at-i- Akbari
^Foll 1«-101« Extracts from the seventh book of the Mir’at-
ul-‘Alam containing the biographies of the saints and ‘Ulam&
from the time of Akbar to the reign of ‘Alamgir and of the cele-
brated caligraphists from Ibn-i-Maqlah to the author’s time The
Khatimah containing notices of Persian poets (arranged in alpha-
betical order), begins on fol. 57®
Beginning —
• ‘V* >_yV -V ii/i'
Foil 101^-104^ blank.
Foil. 105«-131^ Extracts from the Tabaqat-i- Akbari, a gene-
ral history of India from the Muhammadan conquest to the end
of the 38th year of Akbar’s reign, by Nizam-ud-Din Ahmad bin
Muhammad Muqim-ul-Harawi ^
(d A IT. 1003 == A.D 1594) This is an extract of the concluding
portion of the first Tabaqah of the Tabaq at-i- Akbari, containing
biographical notices of the nobles, learned men and poets of Akbar’s
time
Beginning —
I
* jIj
Foil 132«-135& blank.
Foil 136a-311^ Extract from the sixth book of the Mir’at-
ul-‘AIara, containing the history of Babur, Humayun, Akbar,.
Jahangir and Shah Jahan
Beginning • —
# jJiS U— TLAIA. y
This interesting copy, containing the most valuable extracts
from the above-named works, is full of learned and useful notes
and annotations These, in most cases, are followed by references
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to the A’in-i-Akbari For instance, regarding the poet on
fol. 133®, we find the following remark in the margin — “Who is
this ^ V. my note to No. 42, A.A p 223.”
From the above facts as well as from handwriting, with which
I am quite familiar, it is evident that the author of these valuable
notes IS no less a person than the famous orientalist H Bloch-
mann, the translator of the A’in-i-Akbari On fol 1^ (margin) Mr.
Blochmann remarks thus “ This extract of the Mir’at-ul-‘Alam
by BaWitawar JQiin contains the most valuable portion of the
work, VIZ Biographies of holy and learned men, from the time of
Akbar, and of celebrated calligraphists , a narration of remarkable
events, and a notice of the labour of the author The Khatimah
contains Biographies of poets, alphabatically arranged ”
Written in fair Indian Ta‘liq with the headings in red The
copy was most probably written for Mr Blochmann
No, 13.
foil 571, lines 23 , size 11|X7, 8X4^}
MIR’AT-I-JAHAN-NUMA
A correct and old copy of the Mir’at-i-Jahan-Numa or general
history of the world, compiled under Aurangzib before AH 1094
= AD 1682 It is an enlarged recension of the Mir’at-ul-‘Alam
(see No. 11), which is due, like the shorter work, to the authorship
of Muhammad Baqa and not to Bakhtawar Khan It was edited
after the author’s death by his sister’s son Muhammad Shafi‘, A H
1095 — A.D 1683, regarding which question see the Bankipur
Lib Cat No 477
Beginning —
The work is divided into a Muqaddimah, seven Payra’i^ each
subdivided into several Numa’i^, and a lOiatimah A detailed in-
det of the contents with reference to the pages comprises foil 3^-6«
Written in a learned and fair Nasta‘liq within red-ruled borders
The date of transcription in the colophon is hopelessly dam-
aged , biU) the name of the scribe, as far as the mutilation allows
us to decipher it, reads The copy
was apparently prepared in the beginning of the 18th century
A note on the fiy-leaf is dated AH. 1134
A seal of Battshi-ul-Mulk Sayf-ud-Daulah Najaf Quli IQian
Bahadur Muzaffar Jang, dated A.H. 1191, is found on the fly-leaf
12
at the beginning of the copy. Marginal notes, written mostly in
red, are occasional
No. 14.
foil. 240; lines 15-19; size 9ix5J; 8X4.
( ^1= )
(TARipaj-I-‘AM).
An incomplete copy of a general history of the world from
the earliest times to A.H 1134 — AD 1721. It is defective at
the beginning and opens abruptly thus . —
The work contains for the most part mere selections of inter-
esting accounts and anecdotes from other histories without any
originality. The latter portion of the work dealing with Indian
affairs is comparatively more extensive The work begins with
Adam and ends with an account of the death of Sayyid ‘Abd Ullah
Khan, A H. 1 134. It concludes with an enumeration of the names
of the Rajahs and kings who ruled in India with the dates of
their birth, accession and death, commencing with Rajah Judishter
and ending with Aurangzib, d. A.H 1 1 18 = A D 1706.
Written in careless Indian Taliq
Not dated, apparently 19th century.
(2) History of Creeds and Sects.
No. 16.
foil. 424; lines 17, size 9|X5i; 6^x3.
TAUDIH-UL-MILAL.
A Persian translation of Abul Path Muhammad bin Abul Qasim
‘Adb-ul-Karim Shahrastani’s (d A H 648== A.D. 1153) well known
Arabic work on religious and philosophical creeds, styled J^UI
J. 2 C 0 JI by Mustafa bin Shaykh ^^Miqdad ul-Hashimi ul-‘AbbaBi
jIj ^ who wrote it by order
of Jahangir m A.H. 1021 = A.D. 1612.
Beginning . —
♦ ^ c.>UaJ sS ^
13
A copy of the oldest Persian translation by Afdal bin Sadr
Tarikah of Isfahan, completed A H. 843 = A.D 1439 and dedicat-
ed to Sultan Shah Rukh, is noticed in the India Office Lib Cata-
logue No. 2641.
A full abstract of the table of contents (foil 1 ^- 11 ^) is given
at the beginning of the copy.
The date of transcription is illegible, but apparently the copy
was written in the beginning of the 1 7 th century Several seals
of kings of Oudh are found at the beginning and the end
Written in a clear Nasta‘liq within coloured ruled borders
( 3 ) History of the Prophets, Muhammad,
Khalifs and the Imams.
No. 16.
foil. 407 ; lines 17 ; size 10 X J X
FUTUH-I-IBN-r-ASSAM
A Persian translation of lOiwajah Abu JVTuhammad Ahmad
bin A‘sam ul-Kufi’s (d. about A H, 314 = AD 926) Arabic work
Futuh, or history of Islam from Muhammad’s death to the death
of Hasan and Husayn and the accession of Yazid in A H 60 =
AD 680.
Beginning —
«
The translation was undertaken about A.H. 696 = A D 1199
by Muhammad bin Ahmad ul-Mustaufi ul-Harawi ^
^^ 4 ] I who died after finishing only a small portion of
the work, viz the greater part of the history of Abu Bakr. It was
continued and finished by Muhammad bin Ahmad bin Abi Bakr
ul-Kdtib ul Mabarnabadi, v — ^ ^
Written in a clear Nast‘aliq within gold and coloured ruled
borders, with a frontispiece and an illuminated ‘Unwan
The MS. is worm-eaten and in most places pasted over with
thick patches Dated Muharram, AH. 1074.
Scribe jJj
Several seals of the later kings of Oudh are found on fol.
14
No. 17.
foil 378 , lines 17 ; size 9 X 4J ; X 3
TARJUMAH-I-MAULtJD-UN-NABI.
A Persian translation of Sa‘id bin Ma8‘ud-ul-Kazaruni’s his-
tory of Muhammad, by ‘Afif bin Sa‘id bin Mas‘ud-ul-Kazaruni
^ ^ who finished the work in A H
760 = A.D. 1368.
Beginning —
4Jjl Jyj SS J ^ }
« j! |JLw ^
There are serious confusions regarding the title of the work
and its authorship. In the colophon of the present copy, as well
as in the Ind. Office No 166, the work is called rJ^ Rieu,
III, p. 1026« gives altogether a diflEerent name, mz.
while two copies without any title are noticed in W Pertsch, Ber-
lin, Nos 643 and 544
Again Haj. Khal in several places hopelessly confuses the
original Arabic and the present translation and their respective
authors A detailed discussion of the various conflicting state-
ments will be found in the Bankipur Lib. Cat No. 484, where a
very old copy of the work dated A.H. 841, with a full descnption
of its contents, is noticed.
The work is divided into four sections, called Qism and a
Khatimah, as follows —
I — Creation of the Prophetic Light, down to the birth of
Muhammad, fol. 9^
II — From his birth to his mission, fol. 56"
III — Events which took place after the Prophetic mission
during his stay at Mecca, fol. 86^
IV — Events which took place during the period of his flight.
fol. 137^.
Khatimah. — On the merit and rewards attached to the act of
showing respect to the Prophet and praying for him,
fol 333a
Written in Nim-Shikastah with the headings in red Foil. !«-
3^ have been supplied in a later hand. The lower halves of foil.
377® and 377^ are wanting
Dated Thursday the 17th of Dul Hijjah, A.H. 1173.
Scnbe : —
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No. 18.
foil. 164; lines 9; size 8|x5; 6x3
Ic^LtwJ i
MANAQIB-US-SADAT.
A work dealing with^^^the praises, merits, qualities and prero-
gatives of the descendants of the Prophet, by §hihab-ud-Din Dau-
latabadi who died in A.H 848 or 849 —
A.D. 1444“ or 1446.
Beginning on fol. 6^ —
y SjcIj aX^IvXi) LoI 4JJ iyAsaJI
Two biographical notices of the author, one taken from the
AUibar-ul-Akhyar of ‘Abd-ul-Haqq Dihlawi and the other from
the of 6ulam ‘Ali Azad, are given at the beginning
of the copy.
The work is divided into ten chapters enumerated in the be-
ginning
According to the colophon the copy was written for the donor
of this Library Maulavi Sadr-ud-Din by Hasib-ud-Din, and com-
pleted on Friday, the 22nd of November, 1889 Another note in
the handwriting of the donor says that the MS was corrected
and collated by the above-named Hasib-ud-Din and Maulavi
Khadim Husayn on the 1st of Rabi‘ II, A.H. 1307
Written in fair bold Nasta‘Iiq.
No. 19.
foil. 603, lines 21 , size 18JX12; 13x8.
RAUDAT-UL-AHBAB.
A very comprehensive history of Muhammad, his family, com-
panions, followers and successors, by Amir ‘Ata IJllah bin Fadl
Ullah Jamal ul-Husayni (d. A.H 926— A.D 1520)
JU.^ completed in A.H 900 — A.D. 1494 and
dedicated to Mir ‘Ali Shir.
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Beginning — ^
a t3l ^ ^i5xf|
The entire work is divided into three books, called Maqsads.
Maqsad I. — History of Muhammad and his exploits, fol. 2^
Maqsad IT —History of the first three caliphs fol 25 1«
Maqsad III — History of ‘All, the twelve Imams and all the
other famous followers of the Prophet, fol 386^
Each Maqsad begins with a short preface. A detailed index
of the whole contents with reference to pages occupies not less
than SIX folios at the beginning of the copy A colophon at the
end of the first book (fol 250^) says that this part of the MS was
copied in JShawwM 12, AH 1281, by Asir-ud-Din of Buhar and
collated by Hasib ud-Din Ahmad, 20th Rabi‘ II, A.H 1283 This
portion is written in a good Nasta‘liq We also learn from this
colophon that the second Maqsad, which is written in a fair Nas-
ta‘liq, was collated before the first m A H 1282 The third Maq-
sad is written m a rough Nasta‘liq Corrections and marginal notes
are found throughout the copy
No. 20.
foil 233 (pp. 465) lines 25 , size 17 X lOJ , 12| X 6J
THE SAME
Another complete and very neat copy of the Raudat-ul-Ahbab,
written in a beautiful minute Nastadiq The colophon of the first
Maqsad is dated A.H 1294.
Scribe —
No. 21.
foil. 643 , lines 21 ; size 11x6, 8x4^.
THE SAME.
4 beautiful and exceedingly valuable copy of the first Maqsad
of the Raudat-ul-Ahbab The MS has been very carefully colla-
ted and seems to be a very correct one Three notes (portions of
which have been unfortunately torn away) at the end of the copy,
written in the same hand as the text itself, fully testify to the
correctness of the MS and mention various reliable sources which
formed the basis of its transcription as follows —
j ujUX/I iXIb ^U“l j
17
^ol<6>^ jH?^ t , uIIaAJ i.ye aJ j ^^9 Axi) I U/
^ a^aJI^" J^ni! A^ LUjuJ ^ j
^nil ^Aj))| A^/in ...... Av^ ^ Ail ^
J ^ ^acvJ! ^ ^.^1 ^Ky^asuJ]
^'UJI i-^; b
J£»v*«-‘Ol (Jl^l
A.Ujla^ ^UjI AA^o cKjt V Jlcj ^J.i) j4^}o
^ ^ 9 ^ ^ i A D ...... I ^ ^ ^ A3CVX3ru.^l-> ^
^^^AxXJ I 1 AXA^" AsT^Mk) KfcA^ AA-waJI XJJt ^ .^.u^
^Ia<< til ^fXyc Aaj ^iaiJ ^ f 0^4il Ajo ^.4A».l.i ^^IaJI ^j^vix^-il ^^ftisx<ttJI
^Aisb ^ bjiitlo I ^ AXJ h^ASC^il j ^ AjUv.^s:v.i 1 u-..*fcA^sXdJ 1
*r ^^*.,dM 2 wl aJ I ^ < AcJai i.<fia-< j AcIa^ yvA. ^ 4JLjI ^ ^
AivwUl J^l l.ojl J
^*AJ| ii^j^ j| ,A.ii lJv3^ ^JkAJ Aiiv.ugJ ^) AX>|vA-'
,^As:t.«A-) ^b j ^t}jj Cl.*»Aisx,>o uLuaS^x^-o b Arsv^wJ ^I ^b^o) aT
JUjI .yilb AX>Ia^ ^^;jk3:u<X> Jbji’
^ Ax^uk^)^ A»» a^
Written in a beautiful bold Naskh within gold-ruled borders
with a finely illuminated head-piece and a double-page ‘Unwan
The headings are written in red Not dated, apparently 17th
century
Additions, emendations and valuable notes are found through-
out the copy
A note at the beginning of the copy says that this copy with
several other books, sold after the death of Mr Charles, District
Judge, Raj^iahi, by order of the Commissioner of that district, was
bought in a public sale held in the civil court of the same district,
for Rs. 52 (fifty-two rupees) — the price of this copy alone being
Rs 32 (thirty-two rupees)
3
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No. 22.
foil. 351 , lines 17^ size 11JX8; 9X6.
MUNTAKH AB-I-RAUDAT-UL- AHBAB .
A very good copy of an abridgment of the preceding work
Raudat-ul-Ahbab
Beginning —
The author of this abridgment, who does not give his name,
strictly follows the usual divisions of the original Book I, fol
Bk. TI, fol 266^, Bk TIT, fol 341«
A colophon at the end of Bk I (fol 265^) says that the MS.
was completed in A.H. 1045
Written in a very learned and clear Nasta'liq hand with the
headings in red
No. 23.
foil. 479, lines 25, size 16Jxl0, 12Jx7
^aaJI
MA‘ARIJ-UN-NUBUWAT.
The well-known history of the Prophet Muhammad by KJbwa-
]ah Mu‘in-ud-Din bin Haji Muhammad-ul-Farahi^ better known
as Mulla Mu‘in Miskin
VJJ-P
aj who died in A FT 907 = A D 1501
Beginning —
* Lxi ^ j Aaa.^ (.^^1 Iajj
The work is divided into an introduction, four books and a
Khatimah
Printed in Lucknow, A H 1293 A Turkish translation, under
the title appeared in Constantinople, A H. 1257.
Written in a fair Indian Nastadiq with the headings in red
Marginal notes and corrections are found throughout the copy.
The colophon says that the transcription was finished in Rajab,
A.H. 1282, by Shayldi Asir-ud-Din bin Maulawi Misbah-ud-Din of
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Buhar and compared with the original, 1 2th Dulqa‘d, A.H 1284,
by Maulawj Hasib-ud-Din and Sayyid Sa‘Mat Husayn of Bnhar,
under the supervision of Maulawi Sayyid Sadr-ud-Din Ahmad (the
donor of this library) son of Sayyid Karim- ud-t) in Ahmad-ul-
Flusayni of Buhar.
No. 24.
foil 166, lines 19, size 9^ X 6f , 7X3^
TARIKH-T-MtlSAWi.
V A detailed history of the Prophet Moses by the same Mu^in
bin Haji Muhammad-ul-Farahi (d. \ H. 907 = A.D. 1501)
whose well-known work the Ma‘arij-un-
Nubuwat (mentioned here, fol among his previous composi-
tions) has already been noticed (No 23).
Beginning like the preceding work —
C ^ ^ "
# ^ * p ^
This work, also called
and
was finished in A FT 904= A D 1498
In the preface the author says that he compiled this work
after thirty- five years’ researches
On the fly-leaf the work is called ^y^y< Some folios
are misplaced at the beginning of the copy. The right order should
be 1, 3, 4, 2, 7, 5, 6, 8
Written in ordinary Indian Ta‘liq
Not dated, apparently 13th century A FT.
No. 25.
foil 354 , lines 17 , size 9^ X 6 , 7 X 3|-
RAUDAT-USH-SHUHADA.
A detailed history of the martyrdom of ‘Ali and his family
especially of Hasan and Husayn, composed by Husayn Wa‘i/.
Kashifi (d A H. 910 = A D 1505) the author of
the well-known work Anwar- i-Suhayii
The work has been printed in Lahore, A.H 1287.
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Beginning —
(Jw) , y
It is divided into ten Babs and a Khatimab
Written in a neat Indian Ta‘liq by order of the donor Maulawi
Sadr-ud-Din
Dated 13th Jumadi, A.H 1290
Scribe — Hasib-ud-Din Ahmad
No. 26.
foil 138, lines 18, size 9x6, 6x4.
RAUDAT-UL-ASHAB.
A rare copy of the history of the early caliphs, chiefly treating
of their merits, qualities and distihctions, composed in A.H 944 =
AD 1537, by Wahid-ud-Din 'Muhammad better known as Mir
IQian, son of Zayn-ud-Din *
^Beginning ~
In the preface the author says that in A H 907 = A D. 1501
there arose in BagdM a body of men who abused the Ashab and
persecuted the Sunnis and ill-treated them in various ways. This
trouble, says the author, continued for several years and extended
to l^urasan, when he, with the object of making them acquainted
with the true beauties of Sunnism, composed the present work
It IS divided into a Muqaddimah, four Sections and a ;^atimah.
Muqaddimah.— The meaning of Ashab, fol 3«.
Section I — Abu Bakr, fol 11"
,, II — TJmar, fol 40^
,, III — ‘Usman, fol. 76«
,, IV —‘All, fol 97«
In the Khatimah the author praises the Sunnis and depreciates
the Shi ‘ah community
Written in careless Na8ta‘liq
Dated Tuesday, the 30th of Dul Hijjah (year not given),
apparently 18th century
• A note on the njargin says — ^ UU
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No. 27,
foil 320 ; lines 19 , size 1 1| X 7f , X 5
LAW AMI ‘-UL-ANWAR.
A rare and valuable copy of a history of Muhammad and th'
twelve Imams
Beginning —
In the preface the author, who calls himself ‘Ali bin Husayn
Zawwari says that the present work is a trans-
lation from the Ahsan-ul-Kibar of Muhammad bin Abi Zayd bin
‘Arab Shah bin Abi Zayd bin Ahmad bin Husayn bin ‘Abd Tllah
ul-Husayni (cf fol. 320«), made by order of Shah Tahmasp Srifawi
(AH 930-984=- AD. 1523-1576) in AH. 950 = A.D 1543 It is
also said (fol 2^) that the translation contains many additions and
alterations which are not found in the original, and that it is free
from superfluous and unreliable accounts
It is divided into a Muqaddimah, 14 Babs and a Khatiinah
Muqaddimah — ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^(jj
Of the 1 4 Babs, the first three deal with the history of Muham-
mad, ‘All (the first Imam) and Fatimah, beginning respectively on
foil. 35«, 65& and 198^
The remaining eleven chapters, devoted to the history of the
rest of the Imams, begin respectively on foil 204^, 216«, 240^, 247^,
256^, 267«, 274«, 28 1^, 286«, 290^ and 294«
The I^atimah treating of the prerogatives of ‘Ali and an account
ot the death of and begins on fol 313*
The author of the Raudat-ul-Jannat, p 407, deals at some
length with the author and his works
Written in ordinary Nasta‘liq within coloured ruled borders
The headings are written in red throughout.
Dated Jumadi I, A H. 1244
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No. 28.
foil. 344, lines 16, size 12x7J, 8§ X 4
V»«^Ux>
MANAQIB-I-MURTADAWl
A panegyric on ‘Ali, the fourth Khali fah, dealing with hie
virtues and quahties , his holiness, munificence, valour and accom-
plishments , his accession to the Khilafat and his death, by Mir
Muhammad SMih ul-Husayni ul-Tirmidi, with the takh alius Ka^fi*
^ who died in A H
1061 == A.D. 1650. His father Mir ‘Abd Ullah Tirmidi, poetically
called Wasfi, was one of the most distinguished calligraphers of
Akbar and a poet of no mean distinction
Beginning —
jjJt ^ — k; ^J.c] ^ Uac
The work is divided into twelve chapters, and a detailed
account of the contents is given in the beginning
Written in legible Indian Ta'liq The Arabic texts, frequently
quoted, are written in large Naskh with vowels
Dated 18th Rabi‘ IT, AH 1277
In an endorsement on'fol the work is called jxO)
The names of the scribe and of the person for whom the copy
was written are not found anywhere in the copy, although the colo-
phon tells us that they have been given at the beginning. Two
seals on fol 1“ have been rubbed out by some mischievous hand
No. 29.
^oll 319, lines 21, size ll^x8|^, 9^x6|.
JALA-’UL-‘UYCJN
A ^ 11 ‘ah history and biography of Muhammad, ‘All, Fatimah
and the twelve Imams by the celebrated Muhammad Baqir bin
Muhammad Taqi ^ yL> who completed this work
mAH 1089 «= A.D 1678 and died in A.H 1110 = AD 1698.
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Beginning —
The work is divided into a Muqaddimah and twelve chapters
The Contents have been fully described in Rieu i, p 154
Written in careless Indian Ta‘liq.
Not dated, apparently 1 9th century
8cribe —
No. 30.
foil 345, lines 26, size 12^X8, 10
AHSAN-US-SIYAR
A very rate copy of the history of the prophets, the Khalifs
and the Imams, composed in AH 1114 = AD 1702
Beginning —
JjI w— j ^Uac >(juol v—iuUa/
The author, who calls himself on fol 3^ Muhammad, surnamed
Kazim, seems to be identical with the author of
the Farah Namah-i-Fatimi, mentioned m Rieu, p 708, where he
gives his name as HMiq, and refers to the present work as one of
his compositions In the preface to the present work he highly
eulogises the Amir Sipahdar Klian BahMur, son of Alamgir’s
foster-brother ^an-i-Jahan Bahadur
The work is divided into a Muqaddimah and five Rukns, as
follows —
Muqaddimah. — Creation of the world , the genii (Bani Jdn),
fol 4«
Rukn I. — History of the prophets from Adam to Tsa, fol. 5^
Rukn IT — History of Muhammad from his birth to his
flight, fol 40&
Rukn HI — From his flight to his death, fol 94^
Rukn IV.— The Khalifs, fol 179&
Rukn V. — The Imams, fol 254^.
Each section begins with a preface.
Written in a fair Nasta'liq with the headings in red
Not dated, apparently 19th century
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No. 31.
foil. 211, lines 25; size 11X7, 8|X4|^
THE SAME
Another copy of the Ahsan-us-Siyar written in fair Nasta‘liq
within coloured ruled borders
The lower halves of the first eight folios have been very
clumsily replaced by blank sheets. Several patches of thick
papers are also found at the beginning of the copy The headings
are written in red throughout
Not dated, apparently 1 8th century.
No. 32.
foil 95 , lines 23 , size 12^ X S , X 5
TARJUMAT-UL-ASRAR
A history of Muhammad and the early Khalifs with an
account of the Caliphate of Imam Hasan and Mu‘<iwiyah It also
contains the dates of birth and death and duration of life of the
Khalifs, the twelve Imams, the fourteen Ma‘sums and several other
venerable persons, such as Hamzah, ‘Abbas, the Ashab-i-Kahaf,
etc , and a description of their places of interment There is
a special chapter treating of the religious duties and observances
of Tslamism, and of eschatology
The name of the author is indistinctly written as
JUjI ^(jl 4 I 1 I 4JjI jUr
The author, who in some of his verses calls himself 4Jl)I JUI ,
says that he wrote this work in A H 1 185 = A D 1771.
Beginning —
(
It (jbkl I j ^ ^ ^
The work is divided into 26 sections called the contents
of which are fully stated at the beginning
Written in Indian Ta liq
Not dated, apparently 19th century
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No. 33.
foil. 95 (pp 189); lines 13-17; size 10|x7i, SxH
SA^ADAT-UL-KAUNAYN
A legendary account of the death of Hasan, Husayn and
the martyrs of Karbala, by Mufti Tkram-ud-Din l^he
great grandson of the celebrated ‘ Abd-ul-Haqq Dihlawi, compose'H
A H 1220 == A.D. 1805, for which year the words form
a chronogram.
Beginning . —
The full title of the work is jbc...
It 18 divided into a Muqaddimah, four chapters, subdivided into
several sections, and a Khatimah A full table of the contents is
given at the beginning of the copy
Written in ordinary Nastadiq
Not dated, apparently 19th century
No. 34.
foil. 398 , lines 19 , size 9| X 7 , 7^ X
B AH J AT-UL-M AB AH^J
A rare, old and valuable copy of a history of Muhammad,
‘All, and their descendants, especially dealing with their miracles,
by Abu Sa‘id (oi;;^^i^bul Fadl Kamal-ud-Din, on fol 1«) Hasan bm
Husayn 8hi‘i Sabzwari
Beginning —
« y ^Uwl ^
The author and the work are mentioned among the sources of
the Zinat-ul-Majalis composed in A H 1004 = A D 1595 See
Kieu II, p 758 See also Kashf-ul-Hujub, p 89
According to the preface the work is an abridgment of Qutb-
ud-Din Muhammad bin ul-Husayn ul-Kidari’s
It 18 divided into forty-five chapters called Fasls. A detailed
mdex of the contents with reference to pages is given on the fly-
leaf
4
26
Written in good Nasta'liq within coloured-ruled borders with
an illuminated frontispiece
Scribe —
Not dated, apparently 16th century
The seals (several in number) on the fly-leaf have been
effaced by some mischievous hand
No. 35.
foil 69, lines 11, size 12|X8|,
HO
* DAH MAJLIS
A legendary account of the death of Muhammad, Fatimah,
‘All, Hasan, and the martyrs of Karbala.
According to Stewart, p 23, and Ethe, Bodl. Lib Cat. No. 136,
it IS an extract from the Raudat-ush-Shuhada of Husayn Wa‘iz
Kashifi (noticed above), or rather an abridgment of the original
work. The present copy exactly agrees with the one mentioned
in Rieu I, p 155^'
Beginning —
Each of the ten “ sittings ” ( ) into which the work is
divided, 18 followed by an elegy (in abstract form) of the celebrated
Muhtashim Kashi. They are severally devoted to the following
persons
1. Muhammad, fol 2« , 2 Fatimah, fol 10^, 3 ‘Ali, fol.l7« ,
1 Hasan, fol 25« 6 Muslim bin Aqil, fol 34^^ , 6 The children
of Muslim, fol 40«, 7 Hurr bin Yazid, fol 46«, 8. Qasim,
fol. 50«, 9 ‘Abbas and ‘Ah Akbar, fol 55«; 10. Husayn and ‘Ali
Asgar, fol 59«. The Arabic prayer including the names of the
twelve Imams, mentioned m Rieu {lor cit ), is wanting here
Written in beautiful bold Nastafliq within gold and colouied
ruled borders on good thick paper A beautiful copy
Not dated, apparently 18th century
No. 36.
toll 219, lines 1 7 , size X 4| , 7| X 3
^?UJ|
MAJMA‘-UL-MANAQIB
A history of the Prophet Muhammad, ‘Ali and the Imams ^
by ‘All bin Ja‘far Isfahan! ^
Beginning —
* I; ^XL/I ^ jl J
The author composed this work in India at the age of fifty
He quotes several works as his sources, the best known of which
IS the Habib-us-Siyar (composed, A.H 930 = A.D. 1523).
The work is not divided into any definite chapters and
sections
The writing in many places is obliterated
Written in Indian Ta‘liq.
Not dated, apparently 18th century
No. 37.
foil 307 , lines 12 , size 8X5, 5J x 3|
THE SAME
Another copy of the same Majma^-ul-Mandqib written in
ordinary Ta'liq
Dated Calcutta, 16th of Jamadi II, AH 1274
No. 38.
foil 199, lines 15 size 7 X 4 , 5x24
MAQASID-UL-AULIYA FT MAHASIN-UL-ANBIYA
A rare and valuable history of the prophets with a short
account of the early lyialifs, by Mahmud b. Ahmad bin Hasan
Faryabi ^ ^
Beginning —
V.— j)^I jd U j
* ^
The name of the author and the title of the work are men-
tioned in Rieu III, p. 1030«
The work is written in a learned style and is based on the
Quran, Hadi§ and other trustworthy authorities
Contents: — Creation, fol 3« Adam,fol 5«,Shis,fol 12«, Idris,
fol. 126 , Nuh, foL 14®; Hud, fol. 19« , Salih, fol 206 ; Ibrahim, fol.
226,Lut, fol 32a, Ya‘qub, fol 34a, Yusuf, fol 356, Ayyub, fol
69a; ghu^ayb, fol. 62® ; Musa, fol. 63®, ^idr, fol. 93® , Yiisha*, fol
966 Ilyas, fol. 97® , Alyasa' , fol 986. jjilkafl, fol 996 , Ishmuil,
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fol lOl^s Da'ud, fol 102«, Luqman, fol. 108^ Sulayman, fol
109^, Dul Qarnayn, fol. 122«, Yunus, fol. 125^, Ashab-ul-Kahf,
fol 128^, ‘Uzayr, fol 139^, Zakariya, fol 142«, Yahya, fol
146", Maryam, the daughter of ‘Imran, fol 146«* ‘Isa, fol. 148^,
Muhammad, fol 160^, Mi'raj, fol 169", Hijrat, fol 174^, Battle
of Badr, fol 177^; Death of Muhammad (begins without any
heading), fol. 191" (line 2) , Abu Bakr, fol. 195", ‘Umar, fol. 195^,
‘U§man, fol 196^^ ‘Ali, fol 197^ •
The MS ends with a lOiatimah (conclusion) bearing an
enumeration of the names of the Khalifs of the Umayyade and
‘Abbaside dynasties
This valuable copy contains corrections and useful explanatory
notes throughout Some of the marginal notes have been cut off
by the foolish binder The notes and seals (which were indeed
valuable) on the fly-leaves of the copy have been effaced by some
mischievous hand
Written m clear NastaTiq within coloured luled borders
Not dated, apparently 1 8th century
No. 39.
toll. 235, lines 17, size I2x8| , 9x5
TAi)KIRAT-UL-MA‘SUMIN.
A rare copy of the history of Muhammad, the twelve Imams
and the fourteen martyrs of Karbala, by Muhammad Nadir.
Beginning —
No particulars of the author and the date of composition of the
work are given m the text, but among the numerous authorities
quoted by the author as his sources we find a refeiencc to the
Takmil-ul-iman of ‘Abd-ul-Haqq Dihlawi (fol 185^), who died m
A H 1052 = A D 1642 This enables us to say that the work was
composed in or aftei the eleventh century of the Hijrah
The work is divided into fifteen chapters, most of which are
subdivided into sections The actual history is preceded by an
account of the trials of some of the prophets, viz —
Adam, fol 1^, Nuh, fol. 3^ , Ibrahim Khalil, fol 5" , Ya qub
and Yusuf, fol. 7", Yunus, fol 11", Ayyub, fol 12^, Yahya and
Dakariya, fol 13^ ; Musa, fol 15&
Chapter 1 Muhammad, fol. 22", 2 Fatimah, fol 47", 3. ‘Ali,
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fol. 64« , 4 Hasan, fol. 76« , 5 Husayn, fol. 84^ , 6 Zayn-ul-*Abi-
din, fol. 1S9» , 7 Muhammad Baqir, fol. 192« , (here the name of
Ja'far-i-Sadiq is wrongly substituted for Muhammad Baqir) ; 8
Ja‘far-i-Sadiq, fol. 194^ , 9. Musa al-K^zim, fol 200« ; 10. ‘Ali Rida,
fol 209& ; 11. Muhammad Taqi, fol 219^ , 12 ‘Ali Naqi, fol. 224^;
13 Hasan ‘Askari, fol 226a, 14 Muhammad Mahdi, fol 229®, 15
Fourteen martyrs of Karbala, fol 236®.
The chapters with the subjects treated in each are enumerated
in the preface, but chapter 10 is omitted by mistake
The date of transcription given in the colophon is Tuesday, the
3rd of Ramadan The year is omitted, apparenty 19th century.
Written in a fair Indian Taliq.
No. 40.
foil 207 , lines 15 , size 8|- X , OJ x 3^
MATALT -UL- ANWAR
A special history of Muhammad, to which the author adds, at
the end, a chapter on the early Caliphs, on the Caliphate of
Ma'awiyah and other Caliphs of the Umayyade line, and lastly
on eschatology
Beginning —
(
The name of the author as given in this copy is ^
while in Ethe, Bodl. Lib Cat No 141, he is called
jy The author quotes as his sources jUAl - ^
- jLuI - etc.
The work is divided into 21 sections (Fasls) the contents of
which are stated on foil Sa-S^
Written m ordinary Indian Ta‘liq.
Dated 1st Rajab, A H 1238
Scribe — ^ yda/o
The history is followed by a short treatise containing bio-
graphical notices of ancient philosophers compnsing foil. 193^-207®
It begins after three blank folios : —
* ^{-6-^1 y ^Uac j) jd JSif
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Written in the same band as above
A note on the fly-leaf in the hand-writing ot the donor says
that this MS was purchased for “one rupee and four annas only ”
No. 41.
foil 267 , lines 12 , size 9| X 6 , 6^X
ATASHKADAH
A defective copy of a detailed legendary account of the
martyrs of Karbala in mixed prose and verse The MS is
defective at both beginning and end. The name of the author can
not be traced, but in the verses bis poetical nom de plume
^occurs frequently On fol. 9^ we find that the author quotes the
great Shi‘ah divine Muhammad Baqir, who died in A.H. 1110 =
A D 1698 It IS divided into several chapters called or the
‘ Fire House,” each subdivided into several sections called
Flame ”
The MS opens abruptly with the 10th Shu'lali of the fifth
Ata^ikadah *
* ^ ^ SixM
and breaks off m the middle of the 1 0th Shu‘lah of the Sixth Ata^-
kadah
Written in ordinary Naatafliq
Not d^,ted, apparently 19th century
No. 42.
foil 8(J, lines 15, size 8X6, 6| X 3|.
JANG NAMAH-T-HUSAYNi.
A history of Husayn, preceded by a short notice on the life of
Hasan, by an anonymous author The MS begins thus without
any preface or introduction
Written in ordinary Nim-Shikastah.
Hated Bar da wan, 1252 Bengali
Scribe . — ^Ic
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No, 43.
21, lines 19, size 11^X7, 9X5
NUR-UL IMAN
A treatise dealing with the genealogy, miracles, merits,
qualitiew, prerogatives, distinctions, and other particulars of
Muhammad and his companions, derived from several reliable
works, such as etc.,
by the celebrated ‘Abd-ur-Rahim bin ‘Abd-ul-Karim Safjpuri
e/ century
Beginning . —
,3^1.0..) ^ L^l j )
Written in Nim-8hikastah
Not dated, 19th century
(4) History of the Gaznawis,
No. 44.
foil 444, lines 17, size 9^X5, 6J X 2|
TARiKH-I-MA8‘tJDi.
A very splendid copy of the well-known history of the reign
of Sultan Mas'ud bin Sultan Mahmud bin Subuktigin, from A.H
421 to A H 432== A D. 1030-1040, by Abul Fadl Muhammad bin
Husayn-ul-Bayhaqi y y! who died
m A.H 470 = AD 1077.
Begins —
* j |iJacl ^daLu
The work also known as has been printed m the
Bibliotheca Tndica, Calcutta, 1<S62
Written m beautiful Nastadiq, within gold- ruled borders,
with a finely illuminated frontispiece and a double-page ‘Unwan
There are several gaps in the text Dated, A H 1040
Scribe * — yJ
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(5) History of the Mugals.
No. 45.
foil 178 , lines 13 , size X 5 J , OJ x 3|
HAFT RTSALAH-T-TAQWiM-UL-BULDAN
A collection of seven treatises containing short accounts of
events chiefly relating to the history of the Mugals , being extracts,
most probably from Muhammad Sadiq^s Subh-i Sadiq, for which see
Ethe, Bodl. Lib Cat No 102
These treatises correspond with those mentioned in Ethe, Bodl
Lib Cat Nos 106-13
(1) Foil 1^-14^
A short list of events in the history of Transoxania recojded
in chronological order from A H 380-1019 — AD. 990-1610
Beginning as in Ethe, loo cit. —
It is remarkable that the colophon of this treatise closely
agrees with that of the Bodl Copy No 106 except for one or two
slight differences The date of transcription given here is the 3rd
(instead of 10th as in the Bodl Copy) of Ramadan, while the year,
as in the Bodl Copy, is not given
(2) Foil 15<»-30^ An account of the origin of the Mugal
races followed by a short history of Chingiz ^an, Timur and
their descendants, agreeing with the Bodl Copy No. 108
Begins —
J)j^) ^(jj ^1 aii
(3) Foil 31^-97^ y iX*-> ^ ^ ^Lu<l j xJL^j
,^3 1 V .jJai-u; *
A short history of the events of the reign of Timur with
an account of those of 'his children and grandchildren whom
Timur survived
Begins —
L-.--.AAA3I dJL^j 4JL) v3-6.isxf)
^(jj j
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This portion is dated Monday, the 1 2th of Shawwal, A.H.
1198.
(4) Poll. 98^*157“. A collection of biographies
of the Amirs of the reigns of Babur (fol. 98^) and Humayto
(fol 106^) See Bodl. Lib No 110
Beginning . —
This portion is dated the 8th of nulqa‘d, AH 1198
(5) Poll 1 57^-1 6 4« Parman of Shah Tahmasp to Muham-
mad Khan Sharaf-ud-Din Ugli Taklu Beglarbeg of Khurasan,
directing him to give the emperor Humayun a hearty reception
and to treat him hospitably
Begins —
« JUeAM;| y U.>L)
(6) Poll 165«-178« A short history of the events connected
with Humayun^s stay in Persia , his reception, and the hospital-
ity he received from Muhammad Khan ; his interview with the
Shah of Persia, etc See Bodl Lib No 112 (24). A list of
the Amirs who accompanied Hum%un out of Persia is given on
fol 170^ and of the followers who stayed with him during his
exile in Persia, on fol 173^
Begins • —
« ^)jC xLiijb
The colophon, in which the title of the work is given as
liUuj is dated the 10th of Dilqa‘d A.H.
1197.
Scribe —
The seventh treatise, except for a few of the concluding lines,
is wanting
The MS is in a damaged condition It is wormed through-
out, and in most places pasted with patches of thick papers.
Written in fair Nasta‘liq.
5
34
(6) History of Timur.
No. 46.
foil 407 , lines 23 , size 1 1 J X ; 8X4
i/o(j
ZAFAR NAMAH.
The well-known history of Timur from his birth to his death
(AH. 736-807 — A.D 1336-1405), written by Sharaf-ud-Din ‘Ali
Yazdi (d A H 858 = A.D. 1454), who com-
pleted it, according to Habib- us-Siyar (Vol III, Juz 3, p 148),
in AH. 828 = AD 1424
Beginning • —
^ ^ ^
» ^
The work has been published m the Bibliotheca Indica
Written in a careless Nastadiq with the headings in red
The first and the last folios are damaged. Several folios at the
beginning have been supplied in a later hand
Not dated, apparently 18th century A seal dated I 1 1® o and
bearing the inscription
IS found on the last folio.
No. 47.
foil 178, lines 13-14, size8iX5J, 6JX4.
Wy
TUZUK-I-TIMURI.
The autobiographical memoirs of Timur, translated, it is
alleged, from a Turki original, by Abu Talib-ul-Husayni
who presented them to the emperor Shah Jahan probably
a short time before A.H. 1047 = A.D. 1637.
Beginning —
« ^ J ^(JaLwJI ^CkLJ}
The arrangement of the contents in this copy exactly
corresponds with that of the copy noticed in Ethe, Ind Office Lib.
No. 196. The memoirs here are brought down to A.H. 776 (fol
177®) with which ends this copy.
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The memoirs are preceded by the Dastur-uh‘Amal of Timur,
which he sent to his ruling sons and nobles
Written on various coloured papers m two different hands ,
foil 1-130^ , in a careless Nastadiq and the remaining portion in a
fair Nastadiq The Dastur-ul-‘Amal, comprising three folios, is
written in a clear Nastaliq
The M8 IS wormed and damaged
Not dated, apparently 18bh century.
(7) History of Nadir Shah.
No 48.
foil 404, lines 13, size 10| X 6|- , 7jX4.
TARiKH-I-JAHANKUSHAI.
The well-known history of NMir Shah from his rise to his
death, AH. 11 60= AD. 1747, composed by Mirza Muhammad
Mahdi Khan Astarabadi bin Muhammad Nasir 1^^
AH 1171 = A.D 1757. It is also
known simply as
Beginning : —
* ;r°;
Several editions of the work have appeared at Teheran (A H
1260), Tabriz and Bombay, published for the Asiatic Society
of Bengal Calcutta, 1845.
Written in ordinary Indian Nastadiq with rubrics within
coloured ruled borders with an illuminated frontispiece and double-
paged ‘Unwan Not dated, apparently 19th century. A note on
the fly-leaf at the beginning in the hand- writing of the donor of
this library says that he purchased this copy for Rs. 80. There
is a lacuna after fol 201.
No. 49.
foil. 216; lines 14-15, size 9X5|; 7JX4.
THE SAME.
Another copy of the TariWi-i-Jahan Kushai , written in Nim-
Shikastah within coloured ruled borders. The headings are written
in red throughout.
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Patches of thick paper render the text illegible in several
places
Fol 213«; written m a different hand (Shikastah), is dated
16th or 16th of Muharram, AH 1167
No. 60.
foil 112, lines 17 , size lOJ X 6 ; 8 X
BAYAN-I-WAQI‘
A history of Nadir Shah from his invasion of India down
to his death m A H 1160 = AD 1747, and of the events that
took place during the reigns of Muhammad Shah and Ahmad Sliah.
together with a narrative of the author’s travels^ to Persia and
Arabia 'by Khwajah ‘Abd-ul-Karim bin Khwajah ‘Aqibat Mahmud
bin KJiwajah Bulaq bin Khwajah Muhammad Rida.
* ^ i^j.A.csx.yc ^
,The author, originally belonging to Kazimir, came to Dihli and
attached himself to Hakim ‘Alawi Khan with whom he accom-
panied Nadir Shah from Dihli to Qazwin, AH 1154 = AD
from where he set out for Mecca and finally returned to Dihli,
AH 1156=-AD 1743
Begins — h 1^1
According to the preface the work is divided into five chapters
and a Khatimah each subdivided into several sections
I. Rise of Nadir Shah and his march to India, fol 3^.
II Nadir’s return from India and his march to Turan, IQiwa-
razm, etc., fol 24«
III Events that took place during the time of the author’s
travels from Qazwin through Persia and Arabia and back to
Hugli, fol 61&.
IV Events that took place from the time of the author’s
return to the death of Muhammad Shah, fol 84«
V Evehts of the reign of Ahmad Shah, fol. 103«. Space for
tlie heading is left blank here
The account in this copy is brought down to A H. 1166. The
Khatimah is wanting
A condensed translation, wanting the first chapter and the
later additions of the author, was published by F Gladwin, under
the title of “ Memoirs of Kho]eh Abdul Kurreem,” Calcutta, 1788
A fuller translation, made by Lieut. H. G. Pitchard for Sir H. M.
Elliot, is preserved in MS. Brit Mus Add. 30,782.
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The MS is wormed throughout and the margins are badly
damaged
Written in ordinary Nasta liq within coloured ruled borders
Not dated, apparently 19th century
(8) History of Persia.
No. 51.
foil. 210 , lines 1 9 , size 9J X ; 6 X
MAFATiH-UL-*AJAM
A rare copy of the history of the ancient Persian dynasties
and their kings, written by the order of the celebrated wazir
Mir *Ali Shir (d AH. 906 = A.D 1507), by Abul Hasan Tabari
yl The first three folios, supplied in a later hand,
are hopelessly damaged
Beginning —
J ^ )
« OL*.^ \ ^ } •••••• ^
The author divides the work into four Tabaqat, devoted
to the four ancient dynasties of Persia, viz the Pi^dadians
(fol 2^) , the Kayanians, the A^kanians (the accounts of these
two dynasties are intermixed), and the Sasanians (fol 198«).
The MS breaks off in the middle of the account of ^
with the words y ^ )y^
Written in good Nasta‘liq with rubrics
Not dated, apparently 17th century
No. 52.
foil. 470, lines 27; size 13Jx6|; 9|^X4.
TARIEOI-I-^ALAM ARA-I-^ABBASI.
A complete and very valuable copy of the famous history
of the life and reign of ghah ‘Abbas Safawi and his predecessors
by Iskandar Munshi who originally completed th
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work in A.H 1025 = A. D. 1616, but afterwards continued it to
A.H. 1038 = A.D. 1629
Beginning —
The author originally divided his work into a Muqaddimah on
the forefathers and predecessors of Shah ‘Abbas, and two Sahifahs
the first containing the life of ‘ Abbas from his birth to his accession
(AH 978-996 = A. D 1571-1588), the the first thirty years
of his reign (A H 996-1025 = AD 1588-1616) He subsequently
added a continuation, called Maqsad-i f^ani, devoted to the history
of the last thirteen years of ‘Abbas’s reign (A.H 1025-1038 = A D
1616-1629)
Contents — Preface, fol 1^ After fol 2^, three folios, con-
taining the concluding portion of the preface, and the earlier
portion of the Muqaddimah (devoted to the genealogy of Shah
‘Abbas), are missing History of Shah Isma^il, fol 10^; Shah
Tahmasp, fol 18^
Sahifah I History of Shah ‘Abbas from his birth to his
accession, fol 33®
Sahifah 11 History of ‘Abbas from his accession to A.H
1025 = A D. 1616, or the history of the first thirty years of his
reign, fol 147^
Maqsad-i-Sani History of the last thirteen years (A H. 1025-
1038rzz AD 1616-1629) of ‘Abbas’s reign, fol 386^
This beautiful copy is written in a fine clear Nastadiq within
gold-ruled borders with two illuminated head-pieces The headings
are written in red throughout At the end of the copy is found the
following note dated AH 1096
The note is followed by a seal of Muzaffar Husayn with
the inscription
A note on the fly-leaf at the beginning records the price of the
MS. as Rs 140
No. 53.
foil. 64 ; lines 23 , size 13|X 9|^ , lOfx I
THE SAME.
A very defective copy of the ‘Alain Ara containing only
the first portion of the Muqaddimah and the latter part of the
39
first Sahifah. After foL 7^ there is a lacuna of 90 folios, corres-
ponding to foil. 7 to 97 of the preceding copy.
Beginning as usual * —
f
Written m ordinary Ta4iq within gold and coloured-ruled
borders with an illuminated head-piece
A note on the fly-leaf at the beginning says that the trans-
cription of this copy was finished in Kashmir m the 1 0th year
of the reign of most probably meaning
‘Alamgir (A H 1069-11 19 1 , the son of the Sahibqiran-i-^ani (SJiah
Jahan) For another copy, dated Kazimir, A H 1074, written
by the scribe of this copy, see No 56
No. 54
foil 380, lines 23, size 13|X9i, »0|X6|
THE SAME
The second Sahifah of the ‘Alam Ara containing the history of
the first thirty years of Shah ‘Abbas’s reign
Beginning —
• j
Written m ordinary Ta‘liq by the scribe of the preceding copy
within gold and coloured-ruled borders with an illuminated head-
piece
Not dated, apparently 17th century
No. 55.
foil. 194; lines 18, size 12J^X7J; 8JX4i
THE SAME.
The Maq^ad-i-Sani of the ‘Alam Ara containing the history of
the last thirteen years of ‘Abbas’s reign.
Beginning : —
jl
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Written in a carelesa Ta‘liq. The original folioa have been
mounted on new margins.
The MS 18 wormed throughout.
Not dated, apparently 18th century.
No. 66.
foil. 97, lines 23, size 13^x9|^, 10|X6J.
THE SAME.
Another copy ot the same Maqsad. Written in ordinary Ta' liq
by the scribe of the copy No. 53 within gold and coloured ruled
borders with an illuminated head-piece
A note at the end says that the transcription of the copy was
finished m Ka^mir, in Jumada II, A H 1074.
No. 57.
foil 135; lines 19, 8ize8iX4f, 7^ X 3J.
TARIIOT-I-TAHIR WAHID.
A defective copy of the history of Shah ‘Abbas II of Persia
(A.H 1052-1077 = A D 1642-1666), from his birth to the fifteenth
or sixteenth year of his reign, by the well-known poet and historio-
grapher Mirza Muhammad Tahir Wahid bm Mirza Husayn Khan
Qazwini d., according
to Ethe, Ind. Office Lib. No 555, A.H 1110 = A.D. 1698.
Beginning : —
* sS ]jM* jj
The question of the real extent of this history is still open
to discussion In a copy mentioned by Dr Dorn, St. Petersburg
Catal , p 292, the account is brought down to A.H. 1074. Ethe,
Bodl No. 30 1 , concludes with A H 1064 In Rieu, British Museum
Add 11,632, the account is brought down to A.H 1066. The
present copy is a defective one, and most of the headings towards
the end are omitted
The author does not give any distinct title to the work, and it
is known as The
present copy is endorsed as ^4^ Jl^^l ^
41
This copy breaks off with the following words • —
^ j} ^ ^ ✓cLoj ^1 ^ iJy"^^ ^
...... (XXil
Written in a clear Indian Ta‘liq
Not dated, apparently 18th century.
Two seals, one of dated A.H. 1204, and another of
dated AH 1208^ are found on the fly-leaf at the
beginning.
The last folio is wormed in many places
(9) History of Herat.
No, 58,
foil 275; lines 25; size I2jx9, 9JX6|.
Slyfc ^;Ui
TARIfOI-I-HARAT.
This unique and exceedingly valuable work, of winch no other
copy seems to be extant, is no doubt the most valuable possession
of this library It gives, on an elaborate scale, an accurate account
of the city of Herat and the Malik kings of the Kurt race who
ruled there, and treats of all the important events of historical
interest which took place there between the years A.H. 618-721 =
AD 1221-1321 Mu‘in Asfizari, the author of the Raudat-ul-Jan-
nat (a popular history of Herat, composed AH 897=AD 1491),
who quotes this work as one of his sources, not only freely borrows
from it, but bases his entire account of the aforesaid period
exclusively on it For full particulars of the work see my “ Notes on
a unique history of Herat, discovered in the Buhar collection of
MSS. in the Imperial Library, ” published in the Journal of the
Asiatic Society of Bengal (New Series), Vol XII, No 4 (1916)
Beginning —
The author who calls himself in the preface Sayf ibn Muham-
mad bin Ya‘qub-ul-Harawi ^ but later
on simply Sayfi, says that after composing the ethical work
Majmu'ah-i-Giya^i, which he dedicated to his patron Malik
6iyas-ud-Din Kurt, the fourth king of Herat of the Kurt race, who
6
42
reigned from A H 708-729 = A.D. 1308-1328, he was ordered by the
said king to write a history of the events which took place in Herat
after Chingiz Khan’s death (A H. 624= A D. 1226) down to his
own time Hence the composition
This part of the work comprises 136 dikrs or chapters, fully
enumerated in the beginning, foil. 3&-9« ; but from the preface we
learn that the author divided the entire work into 400 dikrs
We are further given to understand in the concluding lines that the
present volume is the first daftar and that, if chance favours,
he (the author) would write the second It seems quite probable
that the author did not live to fulfil his promise
Of the 136 chapters comprised in this volume, the first
(fol 9«) is devoted to the account of the foundation of Herat
and the second (fol 1 6«) to the pre-eminence of Herat, based
on those traditions of the piophet which refer to this city. The
history itself opens with the third chapter (fol 17^) relating to the
expedition sent by Chinoiz Khan under Tiili Kh^ against Khura-
san in AH 618 = A n. 1221 and the general massacre of the
inhabitants In Chapters IV-XI (foil the author gives a
vivid account of the sangumaiy expeditions of the Mongols
against Merv Ni^hapur and Herat and the ravages wrought by
them In concluding the eleventh chapter the author observes
that after the destruction of Herat as there were only 16 survivors
whom he enumerates by name (fol 29^) and as the city remained in
a desolated condition for 16 years, viz AH 619-634 = AD 1222-
1236, and no king or governor came forward to rebuild it, he
has given a summary account of these years (under Chapters
TV-XI) He has, however, dealt elaborately with the history of
the remaining period , narrating the events year by year Chapters
XII-XX (foil 33^-48«) treat of the history of the rulers and
governors who ruled in Herat from A H 634-642 = AD 1236-1244,
before the Maliks of Herat of the Kurt race of Ghor
The remaining chapters are devoted to the history of the
first four kings of Herat of the Kurt race covering the period
AH 643-721 = AD 1245-1321 The history ends with an ac-
count of the expedition sent against by Malik Giyas-ud-Din’s
son Malik ghams-ud-Din in A H 721, the year in which the former
went on a pilgrimage to Mecca leaving Malik Shams-ud-Din
in charge of the government.
A note on fol 1« in the handwriting of Muhammad Tahir
A^na, entitled ‘Inayat ^an, the learned historian and librarian
of Emperor Shah Jahan, adds further interest and value to the
copy. In this note ‘Inayat Khan says that this copy of the history
of the Maliks of Herat, belonging to his deceased father (Zafar
J^an, the governor of Ka^mir), reached Kashmir from Lahore
at the end of Ramadan, A.H. 1074. The note runs thus —
43
jlt
immjjlxjbj] ^LJiyej jJ I J »!^{t
V,«l^jLAr Ail^XX^lc ^ k3>Xu^ ^X^..^4^X> jl I ♦ V P ^iAam
« L^ir
In another place on the same page the price of the MS is
written thus —
The same folio contanis an illuminated but faded star and
several seals, of which only one, bearing the inscription ^Isxdsulc
^jlr IS legible
Written in a beautiful, bold and clear Nastt on good thick
paper with the headings in red throughout the copy
The MS IS not dated, but the nature of the handwriting and
the general appearance of the copy tend to suggest that it was
transcribed during the lifetime of the author or immediately after
his death
The MS IS worm-eaten, mutilated and loosened from the
original binding, but fortunately no folio seems to be missing
(lo) History of Europe*
No. 59.
foil 274, lines 17, vSize 10X6, 7^X4
TANQIH-UL-AKHBAR
The full title of the work, as given in the preface, is jUA)II
^GI ^9 The present volume, which is the seventh, and
which seems to be a portion of a general history of the world, deals
with the history of Europe from the earliest times down to the 1 9th
century The last date found here is A.D 1796.
Beginning —
bljj jji]
In a short preface the author, whose name is not mentioned
anywhere, says that after finishing the history of Africa and Egypt
he wrote the seventh volume of the^l^»^)J) ^ oon-
44
taming the history of and (Europe). It begins with the
history of Greece and ends with that of Russia. A work on general
history, bearing the title and composed, A.H. 1126 «=
A.D. 1713, IS noticed in Ethe, Ind Office Lib Nos 127-128
Written in ordinary Ta‘liq within coloured-ruled borders.
Not dated, apparently 19th century.
The words v— a Liu, on the fly-leaf at the beginning, sug-
gest that the MS. is an autograph copy of the author
A seal at the beginning (not legible) is dated A H. 1266
(ii) Indian Histories.
(rfj Qenernl History of India,
No. 60.
foil. 679; lines 19, size l2jX7i, 10JX6i.
TABAQAT-I-AKBARI.
A general history of India from the time of Subuktigin, A H.
367 = A D 977, to the end of the 38th year ot Akbar’s reign, A H.
1002 = A D. 1593, composed by Nizam-ud-Din Ahmad bin Muham-
mad Muqim of Herat ^ who died
A.H. 1003 = A.D. 1594
Beginning —
•
The work is divided into a Muqaddimah, nine Tabaqat, and a
lOiatimah.
Contents . —
Muqaddimah — History of the Gaznawis, fol 3«.
Tabaqah I. — Sultans of Dihli from Mu‘izz-ud-Din (jturi to
Akbar, fol. 18^
Tabaqah II. — Kings of the Deccan, fol 394«,
Tabaqah III. — Kmgs of Gujarat, fol. 433«.
The fourth Tabaqah dealing with the history of the kings of
Malwah is placed after the fifth Tabaqah, on fol 483«.
45
Tabaqah V. — Kings of Bengal, fol 478®.
The sixth Tabaqah, dealing with the history of the Sharqi
kings of Jaunpur, is wanting.
Tabaqah VII.— Rulers of Kazimir, fol. 520»
Tabaqah VIII —Rulers of Sind, fol 560«
Tabaqah IX — Rulers of Multan, fol 566&
The Khatimah, dealing with a short geographical sketch of
the Indian Empire, is wanting
The work is being edited and translated in the Bibliotheca
Indica Series
The MS. IS written in a clear bold Nasta‘liq, within gold and
coloured ruled borders Fol 2« is profusely illuminated
The following folios, writt<n in ordinary Taliq, have been
supplied in alater hand 1, 9-10, 21-22, 80-Sl, 84, 90, 97, 104, 1 15,
(upper part of) 136, (lower corner of) 144, 153-154, 157-158, 208-227,
231-232, 239-240, 244, 251-252, 259-268, 271, 277-286, (lower part
of) 302, (upper corners of) 319-326, 336, 341, 844-317, 391-394, 405,
408, 412, 417-420, 429-436, 445, 449-466, 468, 495-498, 530, 549-
560, 565, 56^, 572, 577-579
Dated 16th Dulqa^ad, the 23rd year of Shah ‘Alam’s reign
(h) Sultans of J)ihU
No. 61,
foil. 181, lines 27, size9|X5J; 6Jx3J.
jjy ^jU
TARIKH-I-FIRUZSHAHi
A very good copy of Diya-i-Barani’s ^y. well-known
history of the kings of Dihli from the accession of 6iyas-ud-Din
Balban, A.H 664 = AD. 1266 to the sixth year of Firuz ShahV
reign, A H 758 = AD 1357 Edited in the Bibl Ind. Calcutta,
1860-1862
An old copy of the work exists in the Government collection
in the custody of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.
The work begins as usual after four lines in which the title of
the book and the names of the kings dealt in the work are given —
...... sS
46
>Uj ^ aUt ji^] ^ j^] Jial^
« ituil ^(jl ^
Contents —
Sultan 6iyfe-ud-Din Balban, fol. 4^ , Sultan Mui‘zz-ud-Dm
Kayqubad, fol 37^ , Sultan Jalal-ud-Din Firuz Khilji, fol 53« ,
Sultan ‘Ala ud-Din Khdji, fob 58^ , Sultan Qutb-ud Din, fol 1 1 8« ;
Sultan 6iya^-ud-Din Tugluq Shah, fol. 132«; Sultan Mhihammad
bin Tugluq, fol 139^; Firuz Shah, fol 159«
The account of each king, except the first, the second and the
last, IS preceded by a detailed index.
There is a lacuna after fol
This beautiful copy is written in a fine Nasta‘liq within gold-
ruled and coloured borders with the headings written m red
Not dated, apparently 16th century.
No, 62.
foil 198, lines 13, size 11^x7; 8JX5
iAclil
TARIKH-I-SALATiN-I-AFAGANAH.
A history of the Lodi and Sur dynasties composed, as stated
in the preface, at the request of Da’ud iShah, (A H 980-9 4 = A D
1572-1676), the youngest son of Sulayman Khan Qarrani, king of
Bihar and Bengal (A.H 971-980 = AD. 1563-1572), by Ahmad
Y Mgar
Beginning —
A copy of the work is preserved in the Asiatic Society of Bengal
The work comprises the following reigns —
Bahlul Lodi, fol. 3« ; Sikandar Lodi, fol. 23« , Ibrahim Lodi,
fol. 46«, Shir Shah, fol. 106^, Islam Shah, fol 139^, Muhammad
Shah ‘Add, fol 159^
It concludes with an account ot the defeat, capture and execu-
tion of Himu in A H. 964.
Written in Nim-shikastah
Not dated, a modern copy, apparently copied in the 19th
century.
Scribe* —
47
(c) History of the Thnurides in India,
No. 63.
foil. 174; lines 21; size I4jx9j, 10x6.
AKBAR NAMAH.
The first part of the first book of Abul Fadl’s J^sdJ yl (d. A H.
101 1 = A D 1G02) famous Akbar Namah, or the history of Akbar.
The entire work, completed A H 1004 = A D 1596 and dbntmued
till AH 1010 — AD 1601, IS divided into three volumes The
first, divided into two parts, contains the history of Akbar’s ances-
tors and of his own reign to the end of the seventeenth year ; the
second, from the beginning of the eighteenth year to the end of
the forty-sixth vear For the third volume see No 65 below
The pr*‘sent MS , which is the first part of the first book, com-
prises the history of Akbar's ancestors to the death of Humayun,
AH 963 = AD. 1556
It begins thus —
^
The text has been edited in the Bibl Ind, Lithographed at
Lucknow, A H 1284
Written in a clear Nastadiq with a profusely illuminated head-
piece and a double-page ‘Unwan
Spaces for headings are left blank on foil. 157» and 173».
Not dated, apparently 17th century
No. 64.
foil 193, lines and size same as above.
THE SAME
The second part of the first book of the Akbar Namah, con-
taining the history of Akbar's reign from his accession to the end
of the 17th year of his reign
Beginning * —
♦ iLJLw/
The IQiatimah of the first book begins on fol 1 87^.
The MS. IS defective towards the end and breaks off with the
words
48
Written m the same hand by the scribe of the preceding copy
within gold and coloured ruled borders with a profusely illumin-
ated head-piece and a double-page ‘Unwan
No. 65.
foil 298, lines 23, size 19|-X1H, 14x8^.
A’tN-I-AKBARi.
The third book of the Akbar Namah containing a detailed
statistical account of India and the Institutes of Akbar, by the
same Abul Fadl The work has been edited in the Bibl Ind (Cal-
cutta, 1877) by H Blochmann whose excellent translation of the
work was published in the same series in 1873 An abridged para-
phrase of the work was published by Francis Gladwin in three
vols , Cal 1783-1786 , reprinted in two vols , London, 1800
Beginning —
* y )h Jy
This interesting copy contains valuable notes on the margins
Written in bold Na8ta‘liq within gold and coloured-ruled bor-
ders with the headings written in red The copy contains three
illuminated ‘Unwans found respectively on foil 1^, 138& and 228^
Not dated, apparently 19th century
A seal of ^ dated A.H. 1301, is fixed on the
fly-leaf at the beginning
Nor 66.
foil 285; lines 20, size 12X7, 10|-X6.
IQBAL NAMAH-I-JAHANGIRI.
A copy of the scarce second volume of the Iqbal Namah, con-
taining a full history of Akbar from his accession to his death,
abridged from Abul Fadl’s Akbar Namah and its continuation, by
Muhammad Sharif, generally known as Mu‘tamad Khan
(d A.H 1049== AD. 1639), who completed it
in Kashmir, A.H 1029 = A D 1620
Beginning —
, Ju»i
The volume ends with an enumeration of the children of Akbar.
49
There are two colophons at the end of this copy. The first
dated, Akbarabad, Sunday, the 23rd of Muharram, A H 1069, the
33rd year (probably a mistake for 37th year) of Qhah Jahan^s reign.
The second dated the 8th year of Farrukh Siyar’s reign (A.H.
1124-1131) says that the transcription was completed at midday
in the midst of the battle between Farrukh Siyar and the Sayyid
brothers.
The second colophon seems to give the correct date of the
transcription of this copy and it is probable that the first colophon
belongs to the copy from which this MS was copied
Written in Nim-^iikastah and ordinary Ta‘liq by four scribes,
viz., and Jxl A seal of
is found at the end of the copy
The headings are written in red.
No 67
foil
275, lines 15, size9X5J; 7x3|
JAHANGIR NAMAH
The amplified redaction of the spurious memoirs of Jahangir,
on which Major Price's translation, “Memoirs of the emperor
Jahangueir, written by himself," is based This copy exactly agrees
with the one mentioned in Ethe, Ind Office Lib No 310
Beginning * —
*
After which the usual beginning appears thus m the third
line . ^ ^ j
The title which is frequently given to these
memoirs, appears in the colophon
Written in a fair Nasta‘liq within coloured-ruled borders with
an illuminated frontispiece
Not dated, apparently 19th century
No. 68
foil. 108, lines 15-18; size 10x6; 8^X4
THE SAME
Another copy of the spurious memoirs of Jahangir, defective
at both ends. It opens abruptly with the words : —
(sic) j y
7
50
This copy slightly differs from the preceding one. It contains
the prologue of 1‘timM-ud-Daulah to the Pand Namah, or moral
precepts of Jahangir (see Rieu, p 2542>) after which the text agrees,
excepting a few verses, with that of the preceding copy. Like
Rieu’s copy, loc cit , it concludes with an account of the colossal
dragon in the jungle near Ajmere, followed by a Qasidah which
Jahangir is said hero to have composed in imitation of Khaqani’s
well-known Qasidah ^ Jj.
The MS written in a careless and bad Nim-shikastah is full
of clerical mistakes
A note at the end says that although the copy has been com-
pared, it is necessary that it should be re-written in a clear hand
Not dated, apparently 19th century.
The MS 18 in a damaged condition.
No. 69.
foil. 386; lines 17, size 11^x7, 7^X4.
PADISHAH NAMAH.
A history of the early life of Shah Jalian and of the first ten
years of his reign, le from AH 1000-1047 = AD 1591-1637, by
Muhammad Amin bin Abul Husayn Qazwini y] ^
who was entrusted with the work by the emperor in A.H.
1045 = A.D. 1635
Beginning * —
• J aUJI
The work is divided into three sections, called Muqaddimah,
Maqalah and Khatimah, as follows —
I. Muqaddimah — Containing the account of Shah Jahan's
birth, and the history of his predecessors and of his
minority, fol. 9^.
II. Maqalah. — Account of his accession and history of the
first ten years of his reign, fol 98«.
III. Khatimah. — Biographical notice of the Shaykhs, learned
men, physicians, and poets of Shah Jahan’s time,
fol 276«.
Written in a fair NastaJiq within coloured-ruled borders.
Spaces, probably for illustrations, have been left blank in several
51
places The first folio is hopelessly damaged, and several folios
towards the end are badly wormed.
Dated A.H. 1228.
No. 10 .
foil 277 , lines 19 (but on fol. 67« 15) , size 11 X ; 7| X 3J.
QARNiYAH-I-SHAH JAHAN BADSHAH.
Another history of Shah Jahan's reign, by Muhammad Tahir,
poetically surnamed A^na UAI (d. A H. 1077
==AD J 666), composed in A H 1068 — A.D 165S The present
MS contains only the history of the last ten years of the emperor's
reign The history of the first two decades is wanting.
The copy begins abruptly with an account of the 21st year
(A H 1057 = A D 1647) of the reign, on fol 10^
* OwW ^Lc I V ^ JLw S ^ ^ j] jib
The first nine folios, written m a different hand (clear bold
Nastaliqb contain a detailed autobiography of the author
Muhammad Tahir's history is generally known by the name
of Shah Jahan Namali It is also called on account of its
being abridged from the Padishah Namah (noticed above) This
portion of the work (the present volume) is called by the author
(fol. 4a) s^jS Foil 548«-253^ is a repetition of the first nine folios.
Written in a learned N^s^i with the headings m red Mar-
ginal notes and corrections are numerous towards the end of the
copy
The MS IS worm-eaten in many places.
Not dated, apparently 17th century
Nos. 71—73. (Missing).
The three volumes of the ‘Amal-i-Salih, a detailed history of
Shah Jahan from his birth to his death, composed by Muhammad
Salih Kanbuh iJyjJ Jl^ , are missing. The volumes were
lent to Sayyid ‘Abd-ul-Wari^ ul-Musawi of Buhar on the 12th of
June, 1911, and were never returned.
52
No 74
foil. 58+339; lines 19; size 11^X7; 8X4J.
Axjli iUt^sb J I
AHWAL-I-SHAHZADIGi-I-SHAH JAHAN WA PADISHAH
nAmah DAFTAR-I-AWWAL
This MS consists of two works both of which relate to the
history of Shah Jahan
I. Foil. 1-58 History of Shah Jahan from his birth, A H
1000 = A D 1047, to his accession, A H 1037 = A D. 1627, exactly
agreeing with the copy mentioned in Rieu Supplement No 76, II
Like Rieu’s copy it begins without any preface, with the same
heading, viz Jll^. ^ ^ It also bears several endorse-
ments in which the work is said to be the composition of Mu‘tamid
^^an the author of the ioUJLxil The history
begins with the birth of Shah Jahan and ends with his arrival
at Agrah in A.H 1037.
A detailed index of the contents occupies about nine pages at
the beginning of the copy
II Foil 1-339 The first of the two volumes of ‘Abd-ul- Hamid
Lahuri’s ^ (d A H 1065 = AD 1655) history of
Shah Jahan, containing the account of the first ten years of his
reign, A H 1037-1047 = A D. 1627-1638
Beginning —
* jSblyj^ \j s.xyoL** ^
The Introduction on the ancestors of Shah Jahan begins with
Timur, on fol 18«, Babur, fol 20« , Humayun, fol 26«, Akbar
fol 27«, Jahangir, fol 28« Shah Jahan' s accession, fol 33^, the
second year, fol 103^, the third, fol 120®, the fourth, fol 138^,
the fifth, fol. 167^ ; the sixth, fol 182« , the seventh, fol. 218^, the
eighth, fol. 2410 ; the ninth, fol 26 ; the tenth, fol 298o The his-
tory IS followed by an account of the Mansabdte (fol 322^), Shaykhs
(fol. 330^), learned men (fol 334«), Physicians (fol. 336o), Poets
(fol 337^), of Shah Jahan's time.
‘Abd-ul-Hamid's second volume of the work comprising the
years AH 1047-1057 = A.D. 1638-1647 is wanting
• The first two volumes of the Padishah Namah have been edited
in the Biblioth. Ind. Calcutta, VoL I, 1867 ; Vol. II, 1868.
53
A note on the fly-leaf says that this copy was transcribed by
Munshi Oulam Husayn Khan Jaunpnri Tabataba’i, the author of
the well-known work Siyar-ul-Mutaakhkhirin
^^(UI
The MS is worm-eaten throughout and the thick patches
pasted here and there render it illegible in many places
The headings are written in red.
Written in fair Nastaliq within coloured- ruled borders
Dated, Benares, the 6th of Dulqa‘d, A.H. 1236==6bh August,
1820
No. 75.
foil 228; lines 19, size 11JX7; 8X4J.
The third volume of the PMi^ah Namah, supplied, after
‘Abd-ul-Hamid^s death, by Muhammad Wans (killed A H.
1091 == A.D 1680) and comprising the history of the last ten years
of Shah Jahan's reign, A H. 1057-1067 = A D 1647-1657.
Beginning * —
A detailed index of the contents occupies nine folios at the
beginning of the copy.
A note says that this copy, like the preceding, is due to the
handwriting of the same Oulam Husayn Klian.
Dated, Benares, the 3rd of Dul-hijjah, A.H. 1235 == 10th Octo-
ber, 1820.
Written in the same hand as the preceding copy.
No 76.
foil, 346; lines 14; size 9JX5J; 6^X3J.
yu
MA’A8IR-I-‘ALAMGiRi.
A very valuable copy of the Ma‘asir-i-‘Alamgiri, written only
two years after the author's death. The work, containing the
history of the full reign of Aurangzib (A.H. 1067-1 1 18 — A.D. 1656-
1706), was composed by Muhammad Saqi Mustahd Khan
(d A.H. 1136== A.D. 1724) in A.H. 1122 = A.D. 1710.
The first folio, supplied m a later hand, opens thus with an
unusual beginning : —
54
* c^l/*' (^jl;tj 1^ y^Aj))) ^^i3 ^
The first line on fol. 2« corresponds with line 11, p. 1, of the
Bibliotheca Indica edition
The work consists of two unequal parts The first, which
contains the history of the first ten years of Aurangzib’s reign and
IS a mere abridgment of Muhammad Kazim’s (d A H. 1092 == A D
1681) history of the same period, comprises foil 1-40 The second
part IS Muhammad Saqi’s own composition and contains the his-
tory of the last forty years of the emperor’s reign.
The work has beeq edited in the Bibliotheca Indica (Calcutta,
1870-71)
This valuable and splendid copy is written in a beautiful clear
Nasta‘liq on gold-sprinkled papers within gold and coloured-ruled
borders with an illuminated head-piece and a double-page ‘Unwan
The headings are written in red throughout Useful marginal
notes, written in the same hand as the copy itself, are occasionally
found
The colophon, dated A.H. 1138, runs thus —
AwoXwu- I
jXHa. jsh j ^ ^
* ^U3L) ^
The seals and ‘Ard-didahs on the fly-leaf have been effaced or
disfigured by some mischievous hand
No 77.
foil. 412, lines 15, size 11JX7J, 9X5
tadkirat-us-salatIn chagata
A history of the house of Timur, more especially of its Indian
branch, by Muhammad Hadi Kamwar lUian
who commenced it after completing in A H. 1132 = A.D 1720 his
general history of India, the Haft Gulshan
Beginning * —
65
The present MS , containing the first of the two volumes of
the work, begins with an account of the origin of the Turks, after
which the author deals with the history of Chingiz !IOian, Timur,
Shah Rukh, Ulug Beg, ‘Abd-ul-Latif and his successors to the death
of Sultan Husayn ; the rise of the Safawis ; Babur, Hum^un,
Akbar and Jahangir The volume closes with an account of Jahan-
gir’s death in A H. 1036 = A D 1626
Spaces for headings are left blank throughout.
The first and the last three folios are very much damaged.
Some folios at the beginning are worm-eaten in several places.
The copy is detached from the original binding.
Written in ordinary Indian Taliq
Not dated, apparently, 19th century.
No. 78.
foil. 397 , lines 17 , .size lOJ X , 8| X 5
THE SAME
A good and neatly written copy of the very scarce second
volume of the same Muhammad Hadi Kamwar Khan’s
comprising the history from the accession of Shah Jahan,
A.H. 1037 = AD 1627, down to the sixth year of Muhammad
Shah’s reign, A H. 1136== A.D 1723.
Beginning —
Jjl ^ uMLj V j
m y
Contents —
Shah Jahan, fol l^p. Aurangzib, fol 75^p Death of Aurang-
zib, fol 111&. Contest between the sons of Aurangzib and reign
of ^ab'^lam, fol. 228^. Death of Shah ‘Alam and reign of Jahan-
dar Shah, fol. 296^>. Reign of Earrukh Siyar, fol 306&. Rafi‘-ud-
Darajat, fol 361^ Rafi‘-ud-Daulah, fol 355^ Muhammad Shah,
fol. 360«
A very good and complete copy of the two volumes, dated
A.H. 1154, IS preserved in the Bankipur Library
Pencil marks, with occasional marginal notes, by H Bloch-
mann, who has given on the fly-leaf an index of the contents, are
found throughout the copy. On fol. 1^ we find the following en-
dorsement in his handwriting —
66
Tazkiratus Salatin
(Shah Jahan up to the beginning of Muhammad
Shah’s reign).
(The first portion not copied).
(Sd:) J. H. Blochmann.
1870.
The above facts strongly suggest that this MS. was wholly
revised by H Blochmann, for whom it was most probably copied
It is to be noticed that the date of his signature and that of the
transcription of the copy ^lAV^ ajuv xU J^l is also the
same.
Written m ordinary but distinct Indian Taliq with the head-
ings in red.
No. 79
foil. 39 , lines 14-20 , size 7f X 5 ; 6|-X 3J.
TARIKH-I-SHAHINSHAHI.
A very beautiful copy of the history of the events that followed
the death of Aurangzib (AH 1118 = AD 1707) down to the begin-
ning of the reign of Farrukh Siyar (AH 1124-1131 = A.D 1713-
1719), in narrating which the author displays excessive partisan-
ship for the two Sayyid brothers Husay ‘Ali Khan and ‘Abd
Ullah Khan, to whose military operations he gives undue prom-
inence. The author who calls himself (fol 3^)
lOiwajah Muhammad Khalil took an active share in most of the
military events of the period which he records.
Beginning —
♦ ^il J ...*•• aUI ^ 4il
The author does not choose any title for the work but in
an endorsement on a fly-leaf at the beginning it is called
Written in beautiful Shikastah on gilt ground within gold and
coloured-ruled borders with an illuminated frontispiece The first
sixteen folios are written diagonally.
The original folios are mounted on new margins.
Not dated, apparently 18th century.
57
(d) Local Histories of India.
(i) Ka^mir.
No. 80.
foil. 149, lines 12-20, size 8x6^, 7JX5|.
TARiKH-I-KASHMiR.
A history of Ka^mir from the earliest times to A.H. 1122 =
A.D. 1710, the year in which it was completed, based on the original
Sanskrit work, the Rajatarangini of Kalhana, who wrote it in A.D.
1148 (printed in Calcutta, 1835; French edition and translation
by A Troyer, Pans, 1840-52) , by Nar ay an Kul, poetically surnamed
‘Ajiz Jy' a Hindu Brahman of Ka^mir
Beginning —
•
The MS IS incomplete and worm-eaten in many places. The
first line of foil 32^-63* is partly illegible on account of a big worm
hole
Written in Nasta‘liq, apparently in the present century.
No. 81.
foil. 248, lines 15, size 9|x5|, 6|X3|.
WAQriT-I-KASHMlR.
Another history of Kashmir from the oldest times down to
A.H. 1160 = A.D. 1747, by Muhammad A‘zam, son of Khayr-uz-
Zaman Khan, (see fol. 4®, 1. 1).
Beginning . —
The title of the work forms a chronogram for the year A.H.
1148 = A.D. 1735 in which the author bommenced this work, but
he did not finish it before A.H 1100 = A.D. 1747. It is dedicated
to the emperor Nasir-ud-Din Muhammad SJiah (A.H. 1131-1161 =
A.D 1718-1748) Besides the historical details of the country, it
68
contains very valuable biographical notices and extracts from the
writings of the eminent Shayldis, ‘Ulama, and poets of Kashmir.
The work is divided into a Muqaddimah, three Qisms, and a
Khatimab, as follows —
— » ^
Muqaddimah. — Geographical description of Kashmir, fol. 4^.
Qism I. — Hindu Rajahs, fol 10«
Qism II. — Muhammadan rulers, fol 35«>.
Qism III — Mugal emperors, from Akbar to Muhammad Shah,
fol. 123?>.
Khatimah. — Curiosities of Ka^mir, fol 240«
Written in fair Nasta'liq within gold and coloured-ruled
borders. The MS is in a damaged condition and is detached from
the original binding. In several places the headings are wanting
Not dated, apparently 19th century.
(ii) Bengal.
No. 82
foil, 204; lines 15; size 9j X 5| ; 7Jx3}
RIYAD-US-SALATIN.
A special history of Bengal from the earliest times down to
the conquest of that Province by the British, by Gulam Husayn,
poetically surnamed Salim ^jJL« (d A H 1233
= A D 1817), who commenced the work in A H. 1 200 = A D. 1786
and finished in the span of two years.
Beginning —
•
The work is divided into four books (Raudahs) preceded by
an Introduction which comprises the geography of Bengal with
the connected accounts of its early Rajahs. The contents are fully
stated on the last three folios of the copy
It has been published in the Bibl Ind Series, Calcutta, 1891
An excellent translation of the work with valuable notes, by
Maulawi ‘Abd-us-Salam, was published, Calcutta, 1902.
Written in good Indian Nasta‘liq within black-ruled borders
with the headings in red The MS was transcribed by Iradat
‘Ali of Buhar in 1874 for the donor of this library
59
II. BIOGRAPHY.
(i) Saints.
No. 83
foil, 329, lines 21, size 10x6, 6|X3|.
TADKIRAT-UL-AULIY A .
An old and exceedingly valuable copy of Farid-ud-Din ‘Attar’s
^ (d. A H 627 = AD. 1229) famous biographies
of distinguished Sufis, who belong mostly to the first three cen-
turies of the Hijrah
Beginning —
I
m 4Jl)
The present MS comprises both the first and the second part
of the work A very excellent edition of the work (in two parts),
by Prof R A Nicholson, appeared in London, 1905 and 1907 (Per-
sian Historical Texts, Vols III and V ). Lithographed in Lahore,
1889 and 1891, and Bombay, AH il321
A complete index of the text has been added to the copy in
a later hand Additions, written in the same hand which wrote
the text, arc occasionally found on the margin
Written in a learned Nasta‘liq within gold and coloured-ruled
borders with an illuminated bead-piece and a double-paged ‘Unwan.
Not dated, apparently 10th century of the Hijrah
No. 84.
foil 352; lines 19, size 10x7; 6fx4
NAFAHAT-UL-UNS.
An old and very correct copy of the famous Sufic biographical
work, composed, A.H 883 — AD 1478, by the celebrated Nur-ud-
Din ‘Abd-ur-Rahman Janii who was
born in Jam, A.H. 817 = A.D 1414 and died at Herat, A.H 898
= AD 1492
60
Beginning . —
» 4X1 *xa2eJI
The Nafahat has been printed in Calcutta, 1859, with a bio-
graphical notice of the author, by W Na^au Lees.
A complete itidex by the same hand which wrote the text, is
given at the beginning of the copy. Additions and useful notes
and explanations are occasionally found on the margin.
This valuable copy, written in learned Nasta‘liq hand within
gold-ruled borders, is dated Monday, the 13th of Safar, A.H. 954.
Scribe —
The colophon is followed by a long note in which it is said
that this copy belonging to Nawwab Amir-ud-Daulah Intizam-ul-
Mulk Haydar Beg Khan BahMur Nusrat Jang, was collated and
compared, 21st of Ramadan, A H 1200.
A seal of a cert^^m noble (name illegible) of ‘Alamgir’s time is
found on fol. 1«.
A finely illuminated (but slightly faded) frontispiece eontains
the title of the work written in a beautiful NasWi hand * — IcXto
No. 85.
foil 247, lines 13, size 7JX5|, 5| X 2|.
HASJEIYAH-I-NAFAHAT-UL-UNS.
A commentary on the words of doubtful reading and the
difficult passages of Jami’s Nafahat, by ‘Abd-ul-6afur Lari ^
(d, A H. 912 = A.D. 1506), the most eminent of Jami’s
disciples, who wrote it for Jami’s son Diya-ud-Din Yusuf in A.H.
896 = A.D. 1490.
Beginning * —
The first eight folios of the present MS. are written in a care-
less Ta‘liq, the rest in fair Indian Ta‘liq.
This copy, dated 10th Rabi‘ I, A H 1287, was written by
Hasib-ud-Din for the donor of this Library
61
No 86.
foil. 322; lines 17, size 10JX6|; 7JX3J
.^Lsvil
RASHAHAT-I-‘AYN-UL.HAYAT.
Notices on the great and renowned Shayyis of the Naq^-
bandi order, and especially on lOiwajah Nasir-ud-Din ‘Ubayd-Ullah,
better known as Khwajah Ahrar (d A.H 893 = AD. 1490), com-
piled A.H. 909 = A D 1603 by ‘Ali bin Husayn-ul-Wa‘iz ul-Kashifi,
sj Jariyi ^ surnamed Safi, who died
in A.H 939 = A.D. 1532
Beginning —
^ ^U:svil
The work is divided into a Maqalah, three Maqsads, and a
liJiatimah. Each Maqsad is subdivided into three Fasls.
Maqalah on fol 3^ History of the different classes of the
Naq^ibandi Shayyis with notices on their lives in chronological
order.
Maqsad I on fol 177^ Genealogy of IQiwaj ah' Ahrar, his birth
(AH. 806), early life, journeys, high qualities, virtues, etc.
Maqsad II on fol 211a. Sayings, spiritual remarks, and illus-
trations which the author received from IHiwajah Ahrar ’s own
mouth.
Maqsad III on fol. 249®. Miracles and wonderful deeds per-
formed by ^wajah Ahrar, with notices on the disciples by whom
they were related.
Khatimah on fol 318^. IQiwajah Ahrar’s death, on Saturday
the 29 th of Rabi‘ I, A H 895 = 20th February, AD 1490 (not
A.H 893, as Rieu, p 353, states), in his 89th year.
The text is followed by two blank folios after which a table of
contents occupies three folios.
The colophon at the end says that the MS was copied at the
desire of Sayyid Sadr-ud-Din, 28th Jumada I, A H. 1286, by Mir
Iradat 'Ali of Buhar. It is written in an elegant Nasta‘liq hand,
with the headings in red.
Foil 276-277 are detached from the original binding and foil.
2 and 3 (not numbered) are partly loosened.
62
No. 87
pp. 447 (foil. 224) , lines 17, size 13x8; 10X5.
JAWAHIR-I-FARIDI.
A rare and very elaborate and detailed work on the lives,
miracles and spiritual teachings of some of the renowned saints of
the Chi^iti order, compiled by ‘Ali Asgar ibn ShayWh Maudud ibn
Shaykh Muhammad Chi^iti Bidalawi Fathpuri
It was completed
during the reign of Jahangir, on the 3rd of Rabi‘ I, A H 1033 ==
A.D 1623 (cf p 3)
Beginning —
The work is divided into five chapters each subdivided into
several sections —
I Biography of the Prophet Muhammad — his wives, chil-
dren and the early IGialifs, on p 4.
II. Khwajah Mu‘m-ud-Dm Chishti, Khwajah Qutb-ud-Din
Bakhtiyar Ushi, Khwajah Farid-ud-Din Ganj^akar,
Shaykh Najib-iid-Din Mutawakkil with a detailed
account of their children, wives, and renowned J^hali-
fahs and disciples, p 162.
Ill Zayn-ul-‘Abidin Chi^ti, his wives, children, etc , p 390
IV. On the anniversaries (^y) of Muhammad and some
other prophets, the early Khalifs and some companions
of the prophet, of some of the ancestors of the author
with an account of his father’s installation to the
Chishti order, p 415
V. Children of Shay^Sa‘id Haji (cousin of Khwajah Farid
Ganj^akar) and those of Shay^ ‘Abd Ullah Gaffari,
better known as Shay^-ul-Islam, p 434
Written in careless Indian Ta‘liq by Sayyid Abul Hasan.
Dated 3rd Muharram AH. 1314 Additions and marginal
corrections are found throughout the copy. A note at the end
says that the copy was corrected and compared by Maulawi Khadim
Husayn and Sayyid Madih-ur- Rahman of Buhar
Two folios after p 273 written in a bolder hand and bearing
the same page mark 273 have been lately added.
63
No. 88.
foil 72, lines 12-14; size 9| X 6J , 6| X 3.
ItVo H IjC
MIR’4T-I-MADiRi.
A neat and correct copy of a very interesting and valuable
work on the life of the popular Indian Saint Shah Madir, who,
accorfiing to this work, was born in Syria, AH 715 = AD. 1315
and died at Makanpur (India) on Thursday, the 18th of Jumada I,
A.H. 840 = A D 1436, at the age of 125 years.
Beginning —
. JL
* «
The author *Abd-ur-Rahman Chi^ti b. ‘Abd-ur-Rasul b Qasim
b. Shah Budh ‘Abbasi ul-‘Alawi |i.wL5 ^ ^
«(Ji ^ says that the original name of Shah Madar
was Badi‘ ud-Din The name of Shah Madar’s father given here is
Abu’l Ishaq Shami, and not ‘Ali, a jew of Halab, as given in Rieu, i,
p. 361 The author wrote this work close to the shrine of Shah
Madar in Makanpur, A 11 1064 = A D 1653
A copy of the work is mentioned in Rieu, loc cit and an-
other IS preserved in the Bankipur Library From a note on fol 1"
and another at the end in the handwriting of the donor it would
appear that this copy was transcribed from the Bankipur Library
copy and was subsequently corrected and compared with great
care by Maulawi Hasib-ud-Din and the donor himself
A neat copy. Written in fair Indian Ta‘liq.
Dated, Sunday . . . . Rabi‘ I. A H. 1304
The date of the month is omitted.
Scribe —
No. 89.
foil. 456; lines 17; Size 12JX7| ; 8|X5.
VyO
MIR’AT-UL-ASRAR.
A large collection of biographical notices on the holy ghayldis
who lived from the rise of Islamism to the author’s time, by ‘Abd-
ur-Rahman, completed in A.H. 1065 = A.D. 1654.
64
Beginning — ,
« i — j UJM 4JlI
Besides this work the author has left a detailed biographical
account of Shah Madar, called Mir’at-i-Madari (see the preceding
No. 8S, a history of Salar Mas‘ud Clazi, entitled Mir’at-i-Mas^udi
(see Elliot, Vol II, p 513), and translations of some gnostic poems
from the Sanscrit (see Brit Mus Or 1883)
The work is divided into a Muqaddimah and twenty-three
Sections (Tabaqah) A very full index of the contents, with refer-
ence to pages, occupies foil 13-16
Written in ordinary Indian Ta‘liq with the headings in red.
Dated Saturday, the 23rd of Baysakh, 1301 Bengali year
From a note at the end it would appear that the MS was
corrected and compared by Maulawis Hasib ud^Din and Khadim
R usayn
( 2 ) Poets.
No. 90.
foil 221; lines 19; size 9X6J-; 6|x3f
TADKIRAT-USH-SHU‘ARA
A very old and exceedingly valuable copy of the well-known
biography of Persian poets by Daulat Shah bin ‘Ala ud-Daulah
Bakhti^ah of Samarqand xLuoIiu
(d. AH 900 = AD 1494)“ composed m A.H. 892 = A D. 1487,
and dedicated to Mir ‘Ali ^ir Nawa’i
Beginning —
A very excellent edition of the work with Prefaces and Indices,
by Prof. E G Browne, appeared in London, 1901 -Hammer’s
‘ Schone Redekiinste Persiens ’ are chiefly based on this work. It is
divided into an Introduction, seven Tabaqat and a ^atimah.
This copy, excellently written in learned Nasldi, is dated Fri-
day, the 17th of Jamadi I, A H. 980 The colophon runs thus
V— ^ t — flLxsxiJ) , sujtAil JO xjJb ^5
if 9 ^ ^*4^5J(o J-6OSX/<0
65
Verses and poems from various poets have been added in a
later hand on the margins of foil 20^-83« and 221^.
The margins of foil. and 2« have been newJy repaired.
No 91.
foil 80, lines 15, size9x5|; 7X3|.
KALIMAT-USH-SjaU‘ARA.
Biographies of Persian poets who flourished in India during
the reigns of Jahangir, Shah Jahan and Aurangzib, by Mirza
Vluhammad Afdal with the poetical nom de plume Sar^wu^,
Ij^ who died at Dihli, AH 1127 or 1126 =
k D. 1715 or 1714
Beginning * —
The title of the work is a chronogram for A H 1093 = A D
1682, the year in which the work was composed It is also known
IS The biographies are arranged in alphabetical
Drder
The MS. contains very many clerical mistakes
Written m ordinary Indian Tafliq with the headings in red.
Not dated, apparently 19th century
No. 92.
foil. 362, lines 19; size lO^XbJ, 8}X3i.
yiJi
RIYAD-USH-SHU‘ARA.
A large biographical work containing notices of 2,496 ancient
Sind modern Persian poets arranged in alphabetical order, by ‘Ali
Quli D agist ani with the takhallus Wahh
iJ]j iju (born A.H. 1124 = A D. 1712 and died A'iH. 1169 or 1170
= A.D. 1766 or 1757) who completed it in A H 1161 == A D. 1748.
Beginning . —
m JjS'l
9
66
The I^atimah (foil. 342«-352«) is devoted to an account of
the author
Written in ordinary Ta'liq within coloured ruled borders.
Dated AH. II 91
On the fly-leaf at the beginning is found the signature of
J. H Blochmann, dated 1875
No. 93.
foil. 60, lines 18; size 9^X4^
jKJMI yibj ■ ■
RIYAD-UL-AFKAR
Biographical notices of ancient and modern Persian poets
Composed, A H. 1268 = A.D 1862, by Wazir ‘Ali, poetically called
Tbrati of ‘Azimabad (Patna) ^ ji'p*
Beginning —
The names of the poets are arranged in alphabetical order
Written m modern Indian Nastaliq
Dated 29th Ramadan, A H 1282
(3) Philosophers.
No 94
V
foil. 57; lines 27; size 8|-X5|, 6|X4.
TADKIRAT-UL-HUKAMA.
This treatise, which in an endorsement on the fly-leaf at the
beginning bears the above title, contains the lives and precepts of
the ancient philosophers and wise men
A fragment of this work is mentioned in Rieu ii , p. 872
Beginning like Rieu’s copy —
^ .Xwb ^ -
It seems evident that this is an abstract of the U^axfl
which, according to Ethe (Ind. Office Lib Cat. No. 614), was trans-
lated for Jahangir by Maqsud ‘Ali of Tabriz 4jy.aa^ in
67
A H 1011 = A D 1602, from the Taril^-ul-Hukama of Shams-ud-
I)in Muhammad Suhrawardi Like Ethe’s copy, the section on the
ancient philosophers (which end here on fol 36o) is followed by the
biographies of the Muhammadan philosophers, beginning exactly
with the same words —
« ^
Written in ordinary Nastaiiq with the headings in red
Several seals of the later kings of Oudh are found at the
begmniitg and end of the copy. Two more seals bearing the inscrip-
tion sJi w are also fixed at the beginning and
end of the copy.
Not dated, apparently 19th century.
(4) Memoirs and Travels.
No. 95.
foil. 389 , lines 15 , size 9i X 6 ; 7f X 4.
^IjJl dkssO
TUHFAT-UL-‘ALAM.
This IS an autograph copy of ‘Abd-ul-Latif bin Abi Talib bin
Nur-ud-Din bin Ni‘mat Ullah ul-Husayn? ul-Musawi ul ghu^tari’s
aUI ' 0 vhIJI
Tuhfat-ul-‘Alam, dealing with an account of the author’s
native town Shush tar and its neighbouring places , biographical
notices on the Nuri Sayyids from their ancestor Sayyid Ni‘mat
Ullah to the author’s time ; the author’s life and his journeys
to Shiraz, Kirman, Shahan, BagdM, Basrah, Bengal, Lucknow,
Havdarabad, together with an account of Europe and America
and the origin and progress of the British power in India, and a
description of Calcutta, Bengal, the Upper Provinces and Haydar-
abad
Beginning —
The author, who according to his own statement on fol. 112^
was born in A.H. 1172 = A.D 1759, says in the colophon, fol 389«,
that he completed this work at Haydarabad in Jumada I., A.H.
1214 = AD. 1799. For further particulars see Rieu i., p. 383,
where a copy of the work is described.
68
The work has been lithographed m Bombay, A.D. 1847.
The colophon runs thus on fol. 389« —
^ qaUUI ^ 2 ;^
• jbl I r 1 1* sSkMi
Written in fair Nastaliq with the headings in red, spaces for
which have been left blank in some places.
Eight blank folios (foil 327-334) have been inserted by a
later hand
No. 96.
foil 343 , lines 21 ; size 9 X , 6J X 3
Ui CL>Ty
MIR’AT-UL AHWAL-l-JAHAN NOMA.
Memoirs of the author’s forefathers, and of his life and travels.
The author Ahmad bin Muhammad ‘Ali bin Muhammad Baqir
ul-Isfahani better known as al-Bahbahani vXd.a.f
jsL> was bom in Kirman ghahan, AH 1191
=^AD. 1777, came to India AH 1220 = AD 1805 and finally
settled in Patna, where he wrote this work, according to the colo-
phon of the present copy in Rabi‘ I, A H 1225 = A D 1810
The work is preceded by a full summary of the contents,
occupying foil 1^-1 5« and beginning thus —
# I sJ I ^ 4JJ k3w.>2Ev.i )
The work itself begins thus on fol 16^ —
4IF ^i) >UUi) ^
It 18 divided into five books (Matlab), the last of which' com-
prises three sections (Maqsad), and of a lOiatimah
The first four Matlabs are devoted to the account and biogra-
phical notices of the author’s ancestors who belonged to the famous
Majlisi family of Persia, beginning with Maulana Muhammad Taqi
bin Maqsud ‘All Majlisi (d AH 1070 = A.D 1659) and ending with
Aqa Muhammad Baqir bin Aqa Muhammad Akmal Isfahan! and
his descendants
The fifth Matlab, which contains the author’s memoirs and
forms the most interesting part of the work, is divided into the
following three Maqsads —
Maqsad I. — The author’s life from his birth to his landing in
69
Bombay in Safar, A H 1220 = A.D 1805, with an account of hm
journeys to Bagdad, Kazimayn, Hillah, Najaf, Qum, Barujard,
Nahawand, Hamadan, Ka^an, etc , on fol 63^
Maqsad II — The author’s life in Hindustan. Description of
Hindustan and the Deccan with an account of the Subahs, fol 88«
Festivals, rites, manners and customs of the Hindus, e g the Rat
Jatra, the Devali, the Dasahra, the Holi, the Basant, the Charak
Pujah, the Sati, etc , on fol 89^. Account of Pegu, fol. 106^> The
author’s stay in Bombay, fol 107^ Journey to Haydarabad, fol
111« Account of Haydarabad, fol 112« The author’s illness at
HaydarabM, fol 115^ Account of the Nizam, fol 117^ Mission
of Muhammad Nabi Khan to Haydarabad and of Mahdi ‘Ali Khan
and Sir John Malcolm to Persia, fol 122^ Arrival of Ha]i I^alil
Khan in Bombay and his murder, fol 124^. Mirza Muhammad
Husayn and Sayyid Hasan ‘Attar’s arrival in HaydarabM, fol 126®
The author’s stay in Machhli Bandar, fol 126^ The author’s
arrival in C dcutta, fol 128« His journey to Mur^iidabad and an
account of the place, fol 131^ ‘Azimibad, fol 142« Sasram,
fol 146^^ Benares fol 148“ Faydabad, fol 151^. Lucknow, fol
163^. Account of the Sikhs, fol 190^ The author’s return to
Faydabad, fol 194« His journeys to ‘A/Jmabad, Murshidabad
and Jahangirnagar, fol. 199^ His return to ‘Azimabad, fol 209«
The author’s compositions and the teaching licenses ( ) which
he obtained from the ‘Ulama, fol 213^
Maqsad III —Account of the states of Europe, of the history,
institutions and manners of the English and of the establishment
of the British power in Bengal, fol 218^ The lOiatimah on fol
3 1 2^ treats of admonitions and good advices to kings and men in
authority, including a sketch of Persian history from the decline of
the Safawis to the author’s time
Written m ordinary Nasta‘liq with the headings in red on the
margins
The scribe Mirza Ahmad says that he completed the trans-
cription at Patna m A H 1225 (the year in which the author
completed the work) A note by one 6uLim Husayn says that
the author gave him this MS m A H 1226 This is followed by
a seal of the same Oulam Husayn bearing the inscription 1 *^
dated AH 1220 Some notes in the handwriting
of this Gulam Husayn are found on the margins of the copy.
70
IIL GEOGRAPHY, COSMOGRAPHY AND
TOPOGRAPHY.
No. 97.
foil 296 ; lines 15 , size 1 1 X , 6| X 4.
^ CL>l^lacvJl
A very valuable and extremely rare cosmographical work,
composed in the beginning of the latter half of the sixth century A.H,
Beginning —
jl \j Lo j Uw V (Xi jyc
' * ^i| djjl JJJJ WJ>T
This work, of which T have seen no notice anywhere else, is
one of the earliest Persian works on cosmography and is therefore
of considerable interest The following particulars regarding the
work and the author, who does not give his name anywhere in the
text, are derived exclusively from the work itself —
On an ornamented blue ground in the beautifully illuminated
head-piece the title of the work written in gold letters is
V but in the preface, on fol 3«, the full title of the
work as given by the author himself is ^ JJjC j ^
SS 'ij ^ jIb AJ lyO ^
^ Asrol j,ijj XjjjJ <)Ls:\iT b ^bl
It j Li^byLsi^J) ^ •^b
Prom a passage on fol 7^ we learn that the author wrote the
work for Tugnl bin Arslan bin Tugril whose name he introduces
with several honorific titles —
i^JicLo j 4ijl y] ji^] y
This royal personage is evidently Sultan Tugril bin Arslan
(AH 57 1-690 = A.D. 1175-1193), the last of the Saljuqian monarchs
of Persia
71
The last dates mentioned in the work are (1) Under Ni^apur
on fol 131^, where the author says that the city was devastated
by the Ouzz in A H. 550 == A D. 1 155 ; (2) he refers to an earth-
quake, , on fol 161« which took place in his time, A H.
551 = AD. 1156 —
;J j
« jjLdJ jjj ^Lwib^X^
On fol 132^ he deals at some length with Hamadan He
speaks of the place with a certain predilection and relates some
stories from his father and his teacher ^
4X11 <ua.^ Again on fol he says that a man
who has spent his whole life in the place where he was born may
not necessarily know every thing that can be known about the
locality, and cites the following incident He relates that on one
occasion when he was in Isfahan a certain person wanted from
him some particulars of the inscription on the Arwand Mountain
(a mountain m Hamadan noticed by our author on fol 63^)
In reply the author said that he had no knowledge whatever of
the existence of such an inscription Subsequently when he came
to Hamadan he went to the mountain, saw the inscription and
was surprised with its curiosities —
^Jaw jJ iS ^ jl ^ y J
y ^ |y i
This points to the author’s having been a native of Hamadan
The above facts point to the conclusion that our anonymous
author was bom before A.H. 551 = A D 1156 and that he wrote
this work entitled tjjljy^^l ^ oiy ^ ^ i(.::px for Sultan
Tugril III bin Arslan between A.H. 571 and 590 = A D. 1175 and
1193.
An anonymous treatise of about 52 folios, called i — Jlsu: IJLm
L ubyisxJI, which seems to bear a close relation with the present
work, 18 noticed by Dr. Ethe, in the Bodl. Lib. Cat. No 405 The
72
beginning of the said treatise is quite different from that of the
present work, but the subject headings, as much as enumerated in
the said catalogue, closely agree with those of this work We
learn that the division of Dr Ethe’s copy is not quite clear and
that the headings are very often omitted. Strangely, the division
in this copy is also vague and confusive, but the headings here are
seldom omitted and the more important ones will be quoted
Like Ethe’s copy our work begins with wonderful stories from
the lives of Iskandar, Luqman, Jamshid, etc ; then follows the
index of the work in beginning with which the author says that
the work is divided into ten Qanuns and ten Rukn which are
enumerated here, foil 9^-10^
* eA ^
The first Rukn on superlunary things begins thus on fol 10^
^ ^ J^5)I JjW
This Rukn comprises several chapters ( ) each of which
consists of several sub-headings It begins with an account of the
Throne of God and the first four angels, the last of whom, viz
, is noticed under the heading fol 14«. This is
followed by the headings ^ ^ ^ etc
after which we suddenly come to \
fol 18« The fourth Bab is not found oUJi
fol 25^, ^ fol 27*^; «— >bJI
^ fol 30®, this IS followed by the heading
iUA>Jl iJU^CsvJl oLstxlI ^9 ^9 l-jUil,
fol 34«, ^9 treating of the light-
ning, the thunder, the rainbow, etc, fol 37«; ^9 ^ JUJI l^UI
^ fol 38^, fol 42<^
Then comes the third Rukn on the sublunary things, agreeing with
the second Rukn of Ethe’s copv —
fol 44a It contains many subdivisions, the first of which (head-
ing wanting), treating of the rivers, is, like all the following
ones, arranged alphabetically Other important subdivisions under
this Rukn are;blll iLsvr ^9 fol 57^; u^Uil
^JtxJJ fol. 59^ , JUsJl ^^^9 i^bJl
fol 62^, ^9 fol. 70®.
73
The seventh Bab is not found. L-?UfI, fol. 81 «, introduced
by the following explanatory note ( ^xjS jb j
j^xSLc b Oy V y ^ J ^*—^1 yb: sS L^x«> j.
The above is followed by a description of mosques, churches,
cities, etc , all arranged in alphabetical order, agreeing with the
contents of the third Rukn in Ethe’s copy These are c-sbJI
j^UvwJl ^5, fol. 84®^, c-aIw J^Jbl LwaJdjj L-?b, fol 88^, c^bxJl L-?bJi
fol 91®^, v_yyj yit J ^3 ^->^1 *-?bJl
I — fol 136^ Then follows ^
ybJI ^9 Li^UxJJj fol 161 “, )y'^^ '■ ^3
^^aUI sj^cxJI, fol 175“, (yo(.:^ ^ \yXQl\ jid fol 182^, followed
by an account of ^yf or treasures (heading wanted), fol 192^ ,
^ fol 199“, fol. 204“ ;
^3^ fol 204^, ^9 J.^3 fol 205“ and several
other headings relating to the soul Then follows
fol. 210«, after which the author treats of the five senses, fol 210^ ,
J fol 21S^ , J j ^UJ) LuCa^Jo ^3 L-?b,
fol 222^ , under this section the following subject headings are
found — by))I J)j.JbiI <3L.ybJ! y))I yj, fol 223^, V fol 224“,
^^^hJ:>yi}, fol 225“, ^obJl, fol 225^, (.a>-jJI y^i
t-jb^UJl, fol 226“ , ^juw^I ^obJI yj^ fol 226^,
^3^} ^olxil, fol 227^ fol 22Sb^yj
fbl 229“; y*^, fol 229^ etc , ^3 u^b
iJLAJbiuJI y/«l j ^yy^j, fol. 234“, ^^Ijuw.aJI y^ ^3 fol 236“ ,
j ^ y*^ 237“, ^ <aaJ I I— jyi ^ ^ 3
Jjl ^ ili] ^Ak.aJI, fol 237^ , fol 240“ ,
^iiUJI^ s^Loil ajJLc Uaj^I u->Iys\4i^l fol 244^ , ^ bJ^lO ^l^]y ^ 3 ^
fol. 246^, ^ J fol 246^ There seems
to be a lacuna after fol 247^ Fol 248“ opens abruptly with an
account of the animal kinds, followed by the headings
fol 248^, V fol 250^, fol 251^ , y.jJI
fol. 252^; fol. 254“; v 1^1 AyjU., fol 254^, v«^l
fol. 256^ ^bL, fol 257“,
fbl. 25S“; fol. 261“, ;Uisdl fol. 263^, etc.; ^
fol. 270^ etc. etc. , u->bsvil^ ^y:biJI y*^ L-?*b,
fol. 280^ ; under this section the author deals with the account of
10
74
the various species of the sea animals. ^^^1 ^ fol 284^,
with the headings , fol. 285^ ; J^a:uJ) fol 286^ ;
cjy-AXjJI, fol 288«, etc.; ^ u-tdail ^Jtj ^
fol 292&.
In the beginning on fol 8^> the author gives us to understand
that the accounts iziven by him’ are always marked by some abbrevi-
ative symbols, viz ^ for jaxj, for < — ^ * —
jl Aacxi) to ^
^ iyJils^ y LJ.^} <Ujb jl iS ^ u-TiUl
J L::.-wdD(j ^^jy 3S J ^
These symbols are however not found in the text. Ha] IQial. iv,
p 188, notices a Persian work of the same title ^ o^:^,
composed in A H 555 = A D 1 160, by Muhammad bin Mahmud
bin Ahmad ufc-Tusi us-Salmani, which like the present is divided
into ten Qanuns and Arkan ^ \ }i^y The beginning of
Haj Khalifah’s work is however different from that of the present
copy
Half-page miniatures are found in many places of the copy,
but the average of the pictures does not stand on the highest
level of Eastern art, though some of them are executed carefully
They are to be found on foil — 11^, 17^, 31«, 33^, 43^, 50^, 65«, 78^,
82« 95*>, lOl*, 134“ 139“ 148*, 173“ 202*, $13“, 224*, 246“ 277*,
2936.
Each page contain ng the miniature, with its opposite page,
is beautifully illuminated
Written on thick and glossy gold-sprinkled papers in a clear
Nastaliq within gold and coloured borders with a double page,
beautifully illuminated ‘Unwan The headings are written in red
and blue throughout
Dated Muharram, AH 125, evidently meaning 1025
Scribe iX^,SXyO,
The MS though written in a clear hand is full of clerical
mistakes.
75
No. 98.
foil. 301: lines 21; size llxBJ; 7jX3f.
lity
NUZHAT-UL-QULUB
A slightly defective copy of the famous cosmographical work,
treating more especially of the geography of Persia and some
adjacent countries, by Hamd Ullah bin Abi Bakr bin Hamd ul-
Mustaufi ul-Qazwini ^ yj ^
(d. A H. 760 = A D. 1349), who has been already mentioned, p 1 ,
as the author of the TariWi-i Guzidah It was composed mo^t
probably A.H 740 — AD 1339, which year in the body of the
work IS more than once mentioned as the current year
The work is divided into a Fatihah, three Maqalahs and a
JOiatimah. This copy wants the whole of the preface which
precedes the Fatihah, and begins at once with the Fatihah thus —
Lo ^ ^ corresponding
with line 11, foL 6« of the following copy.
Written in good Nastadiq within gold and coloured-ruled
borders with an illuminated head-piece Foil and 2a are written
within broad gold lines The headings, including the geographical
names, and the Arabic quotations, are written m red Several seals
of the late kings of Oudh are found at the beginning and the end
of the copy
Not dated, apparently 17th century
No. 99.
foil. 240, lines 19, size 1^X7^; 7fx5
THE SAME.
Another copy of the preceding work
Beginning as usual * —
This copy IS slightly defective towards the end and breaks off
with the following line —
76
L-C '} ^ ^ ^
corresponding with line 10, fol. 30 1« of the preceding copy
Written in distinct Indian Nasta‘liq with occasional notes on
the margins. The headings and the names of places are written
in red
Foil 132-162 are supplied in a later hand
Foil 158^, 159« and 161^ and the lower parts of foil. 158 «, 160®
and 161® are left blank, but the text is not affected
Dated AH 192, meaning probably 1092 '
No. 100.
foil 583 , lines 20 ; size 1 If X 6 , 8X4
HAFT IQLIM.
A topographical, historical and biographical encyclopaedia,
containing 1,560 biographies of Poets, Shaykjis and ‘Ulam a arranged
in geographical order, by Amin Ahmad Razi who
completed it m A H 1002 = AD. 1594
^ Beginning —
— iXi ]j — >y A.) * ^
The work is divided into seven climates Under each country
or town the author gives the historical and the geographical
account of the place followed by tlie biographical sketches of the
distinguished Poets, ‘Ulama and Saints to whom it has given birth
Contents — First Iqlim, fol 4® Second, fol 14® Third,
fol 42^. Fourth, fol 205® Fifth, fol 480® Sixth, fol 556®
Seventh, fol. 579®
The work is being published by the Asiatic Society of Bengal
in the Bibl Indica Series
The present copy is full of clerical mistakes, particularly the
proper names of persons and places and the Arabic passages which
are most terribly corrupt. Towards the end of the copy is founc
a big worm-hole which runs through the middle part of foil 526-583
Written in ordinarv Indian Tadlq within coloured borders
with an illuminated frontispiece
The copy was written by 6ulam Husayn, a pupil of Hafii
‘Azim Ullah, for a person whose name has been obliterated b]
some mischievous hand
Not dated, apparently 19th century.
The binding of the MS. is damaged.
77
No. 101.
foil. 136; lines 21; size 8X5J; 6x4
AKHBAR-I-HASiNAH DAR AKHBAR-I-MADiNAH
History and topography of Madinah, a Persian translation of
3amhudi’s (d A.H 911=A.D. 1505) well-known Arabic work
jJj ^UAL> byi which extract from his larger work
jJj was made by Samhudi himself, A H.
893 = AD. 1488
The Persian translator’s name is not mentioned anywhere.
It IS divided, like the Arabic original, into eight chapters,
each subdivided into several sections, comp. Wiener Jahrbucher,
1835, Vol 70, Anzeigeblatt, p 88
This copy, which is defective at both the ends, opens abruptly
in the middle of the preface thus —
# yi 4JJI
and breaks off towards the end of the last chapter with the follow-
ing words —
* S^XSiS aIjJuO J yT y L..^! ^iUJl
Written m fair NasWi with the headings and the names of
places in red
Folios have been misplaced in several places , for instance the
arrangement of the folios between foil. 17-25 is 17, 24, 18, 23, 19-22,
25 , fol 43 IS placed after fol 44, foil 127 129 are detached from
the binding. The MS is slightly worm-eaten throughout A
portion of the upper marginal sides of foil 121-130 is badly injured.
Not dated, apparently 18th century
No. 102.
foil. 583 ; lines 2 1 , size 1 1 X 8-J ; 9X5^.
ly
KHWURSHID-I-JAHAN NUMA.
An autograph copy of a very exhaustive, interesting and
hitherto unknown geographical, historical and biographical en-
78
cyclopaedia, from the earliest period to A H. 1 280 = A.D 1 863, by
Ilahi Ba^^ ul-Husayni of Angrizabad^ in
Maldah.
Beginning —
In the preface (fol 17^) the author states that after complet-
ing the workjoLaJl in A H 1268 = A D. 1851 and the ^jJli)
in A H 1269 = A D 1852 he commenced to write the present work
in A H 1270 = A D 1 853 for which the title forms a chronogram
In a subscription at the end of the copy the author gives us to
understand that he commenced the composition m the beginning
of AH 1270 and completed it after eleven years^ labour m A H
1280 = AD 1863 He promises to write an account of the
succeeding years in a separate work.
The work is divided into twelve chapters called Burj, as
follows —
I Creation of the Universe, fol. 18^.
II America, fol 19«.
Ill Africa, fol 22^
TV Europe, fol 26^
V Asia, fol 43&.
VI. Australasia and Polimsia, fol 427«
Under each country or town the author gives a geographical
and historical account of the locality from the earliest period to
the time of composition The Indian portion of the work, which
is comparatively more exhaustive, is treated with minute details
Vll. Prophets, fol 433&.
VIII Ancient philosophers, fol 452^.
IX Saints, Poets and renowned persons, arranged in chrono-
logical order, fol. 453^.
X History of the different Sufi schools, fol. 546?>.
XI Buildings of great architecteral importance, fol. 567".
XII Account of the author — his relatives, ancestors, etc ,
fol. 579«.
A detailed index of the contents occupies the first fifteen
folios of the copy
Additions and emendations made by the author himself are
found throughout the copy.
Written in a hasty but learned Indian Nasta‘liq with the
headings in red
Not dated, apparently 19th century.
79
IV. THEOLOGY AND LAW.
(i) Hinduism.
No. 103.
foil 232; lines 21 , size 13|x9, iO^X6|-.
TAR JUM AH -I-MAHABH ARAT.
A defective and incomplete copy of the Persian translation
of the Maliabharat, made by Akbar’s order under the auspices of his
prime minister Abul Fadl, who wrote an introduction to the work
in A H 995 = AD 1587.
Beginning —
(Jiy^ y yt c j]jJb
J Jj ^
Out of the eighteen Parvas into which the entire work is
divided, this volume contains the following —
Abul Fadl’s preface, on fol.
Fol 10^ is followed by a lacuna and the earlier portion of the
first Parva is thus missing
Parva II (styled on fol 85«.
* \ — ajjb ^ ^
The Second Parva which ends thus on fol. 103^ sJl
f I® L,mSyl^} J hX^Sab j L—
^ ^ j3 «LAjb 0 (H-juv is followed by Parva III beginning without
any heading * —
« xil ^bjl^
The remaining portion of the MS., which apparently comprises
Parvas IV-VII, does not bear any headings or rubrication and the
copy breaks off with the words * —
tX^b ^ I^Lx.0^ j y y^y sS
* b
The folios are misplaced in several places and the right order
seems to be :— M07, 109, 108, 110, 111-168, 173-176, 169-172,
177-232.
The MS , written indifferent hands, is water-stained throughout.
Not dated, apparently 18th century
No. 104.
foil 199, lines 15, size9X5J; 7X3J.
THE gAME.
This volume, containing the 12th and 13th Parvas of the
Persian translation of the Mahibharat, is introduced by the head-
ing in red jl jUl
Beginning —
It ends thus on fol 73« l-jUI y ) ci^L ^ ^U5
^3 after which the 13th Parva begins thus . —
* ^Lxjsw)
Written in ordinary Indian Ta‘liq
Worm eaten m some places
Not dated, 18th century.
No. 105.
foil. 154 , lines 16 , size 9x 5J , 7JX 4f.
THE SAME.
The 1 4th and 1 5th Parvas of the preceding work
Beginning —
^ L^><J L.^ <sIa^ j) ^ jtrl
The 15th Parva begins thus on fol. 141« —
sS JjI ^Ui^I - 1**^^ -I h^J|4.Aiwl
- ^ ^ \ »>Xd-kwl
This. Parva seems to be incomplete and the MS. breaks off
with the words ... dyL. jl ^ L^LI y^xJLb
81
Written in careless Indian Ta‘liq. In many places the con-
tents are written diagonally
Not dated, apparently 18th century.
No. 106.
foil. 416, lines 15, size 10JX7|:, 8JX4|.
TARJUMAH-I-JOGBASHISHT
A Persian version, by an unknown translator, of Valmiki’s Sans-
krit work Yogavasi^tha on Hindu gnosticism, in the form of a
dialogue between the Rishi Vari^tha and Ram^andra, taken from
the abridged version of a Ka^miri Pandit, variably called Anan-
dan (Rieu, I , p 61«}, Bahandan (Ethe, Ind. Office Lib. Cat No
1971), but in our copy u-?lsxul ^ ^
Beginning —
« JUi)I ^ ^ i'.kil iS cjUAjo v — J uul
It is divided into the following six Prakaranas ( ^ ) cf . fol 5^
' 1. Vairagya-Prakarana ( ‘ )
2. Mumk^uvyavahcira-Prakarana ( ) , fol 44^
3 UtpatU-Prakarana ( )> ^^>1 58«
4. Sthiti-Prakarana (not marked m the text).
5. (Jpasama-Prakarana { ), on fol. 146«.
6 Nirvana-Prakarana ( )> 250«
The MS breaks off in the beginning of the sub-division
belonging to the sixth Prakarana, with the following words —
. . ,^ 1^1 ^ ^ j) ^
No. 107.
foil 407 , lines and size same as above
Continuation of the preceding volume, beginning with the
words —
I ^ jj LjI ^ ^ j(j (j J J.bl J
11
82
The sixth Prakarana ends on fol. 19« after which begins a
chapter of the Mahabharat called here (cf. fol 222«),
beginning —
* ^ M
Foil 222«-235^ This section deals with the discourse between
Krishna and Arjuna. It is styled here ]>U and seems to be a
portion of the Bhagavadgita , which was interpolated as an episode
in the sixth Parva of the Mahabharat, viz the Bhishma Parva.
According to a note m Ethe, India Office Lib No 1949, the
Bhagavadgita was translated by Prince Dara Shikuh. Dr. Rieu,
p 59, notices two versions of the Gita, both ascribed to Abiil Fadl
The present translator does not give his name
Begins thus • —
^ 0 ) ^ ^1
Foil 235-251, jxS) yoj the Upamshads or Upnakhats (called
here ) compiled and translated from Sanskrit
under the auspices of Prince Dara ghikuh and finished A.H. 1067
= A.D. 1657. It IS also styled
Beginning —
Ji jSb jl sS sJ jiift/ XjtJn
*
Foil. 251-285^. An abridged prose- translation of Valmiki’s
Ramayana, the second great national epopee of the Hindus.
The translator’s name does not appear in the text, and the
narrative begins at once without any preface —
* jGj)
Foil. 251«-407« Haiibansa Purana A Persian
translation of the Harivansa, which forms an appendix, (or even a
nineteenth Parva, sometimes styled ^ or lj>jJ cf. fol.
400«), to some copies of the Mahabharat. It begins with the
account of the Ram Avatara.
1av(j
* j
The copy ends . — ^xjy io-^.
83
Both the copies are written in ordinary Indian Taliq by one
scribe, whose name given at the end of the second copy is
Not dated, apparently 19th century
( 2 ) Exposition of the Truth, Rights and Duties
of Islam according to the various
Sects and Doctrines.
No. 108.
foil. 75, lines 20-21; size 10X6^, 6Jx4
HAYRAT-UL-FDQAHA
A work in the form of questions and answers on points of
Muhammadan civil and ecclesiastical law in all its branches
Beginning —
> The full name of the author is not given On fol 2^ he desig-
nates himself as ^ ‘Ala BuMiari, and says that he wrote
the work, A H 695= A D. 1295, for Nawruz Beg (cf. fol 1^) C
Stewart, p. 153, says that the author is unknown and that
the work is dedicated to Nasir-ud-Dawlah of l^urasan, A D
1295
In the Catalogue of the Persian Books and Manuscripts in
the A.S B , p. 5, No AC 15, the author is called
Mufti-i-BuWiari. In the present copy {fol. 3a), which "is written by
a most careless and illiterate scribe, the title of the work reads
thus ^LoaJJ j The correct title therefore seems
to be itoAJl j or
Written in careless Nasta‘liq. Foil. 26-49 are written in a
different hand.
The colophon says that the transcription, completed on the
16th of Jumada I, A.H. 1247, was made by order of Mirza Muham-
mad Radi-ud-Din ‘Ali bin Mirza Muhammad IGiurram BaWit.
The MS. is mended and bordered in several places.
84
No. 109.
foil 407, lines 17; size lOJ X 7 , 7jX4^
KANZ-UL-‘UBBAD Ft gHARH-IL-AURAD
A copious commentary on the religious manual ( ) of the
celebrated Shihab-ud-Din Suhrawardi (d AH. 632 — A. D. 1234),
by ‘All bin Ahmad ul-Ouri See Ha], I^al. V ,
p. 264. See also Loth Arab. Cat. No. 363, where a copy of the
work IS noticed
Beginning as in Loth , loc cit. —
* ^il ifljJUAlI j 4 JlI
The author, who calls himself a disciple of Shaykh Rukn-ud-
Din, says m the concluding lines, fol 388«, that he completed the
work in Shawwal, AH 7 47 — A D 1346
The original work is m Persian but the commentary is in
Arabic
The work is divided into numerous Fasls and Dikrs and a
detailed index of the contents with reference to the folios of the
MS. on which each Fasl or Dikr begins, occupies foil 404^-406^
Written m a hasty but learned Naskh with notes and emen-
dations throughout the copy According to the colophon on fol
388«, the transcription of the MS was commenced on’^he 25th
Rabi‘ II, A.H 1072, and completed on Friday, 21st Shawwal of the
same year It is also stated here that this MS was transcribed
from an old copy, dated AH 842, which was in the use of Shayyi-
iil-Islam Maulana Qadi Badi‘ ud-Din
Scribe — J^Ij
A note on the margin here, in the handwriting of the scribe,
says that the notes of this MS were completed on 12th Dulqa‘d,
A.H 1072.
The original work is followed by a tract on the daily prayers,
entitled Jy^'o^^ by Muzaffar bin Hasan bin Mubarik ‘Us-
mani ^ beginning thus on fol 3892> —
J.Jbl y ojlxc ^ ]j ^ ^
# ^ j aaa>
85
It is based on the ‘Umdat-ul-Musalli, better known as Kidani,
ind is divided into eight chapters. This copy, however, breaks off
n the middle of the seventh chapter.
The above tract is followed by a list of the names of renow^ned
persons and holy saints with the year of death written under each
The dates are arranged according to the months, beginning with
^uharram, and are brought down to A H. 107J= A.D 1661
Towards the end are found some short passages and quota-
tions from various Arabic and Persian works
No. no.
foil 180; lines 13, size8|X5; 6x3
TUHFAT-US-SALAT
A work on the privileges and peculiarities of the benediction
nvoked upon the prophet ( ) based on the Qur’an, Hadis
ind other reliable works, by the well-known author ‘Ali bin Husayn
^Vclhz Kashifi u/’ A.H. 939 ==
1532
The work is divided into several sections and a Khatimah
3ut a good deal of the first section is wanting, there being a lacuna
it the beginning of the copy It opens abruptly with the follow-
ng line —
*
(.2p.)I
fol 26^ ^^3 j 'iyLo
fol. 32^. lj>Lvs».CwI ^
fol 37^. j ^
fol 56^^ (^ ) ij,L^ L)
fol 57^. U 1 >Lo>jJIaaa.> ^ ilS^i
fol lOI^. «^UxIa»a 3^ cSjIy (sic)
fol 152«, iyi^ u-^b
fol 157® jJ Juni
fol 167^. J.cyxx^ &^3(.^
Fol 4® IS followed by a lacuna and five or six leaves have been
eft blank
A note on the fly-leaf says that this copy was transcribed at
86
the desire of the donor Maulavi Sadr-ud-Din Ahmad, and deposited
in the library A.H. 1282.
Written in ordinary Indian Ta‘liq
No. 111.
foil 37 , lines 16 , size 6| X ; 4|- X 2^
iJU;
RTSALAH-I-SAYDIYAH
A treatise endorsed as iJLj,by Fayd Ullah 41)1 who
composed it at the desire of Shah Tahmasp, written here, fol 2^, as
probably Shah Tahmasp I of the Safawi dynasty, who
reigned from A H. 930-984 (AD 1524-1576).
Beginning —
The work treats of legal precepts concerning hunting and the
slaying of domestic and wild animals It is divided into three
Babs and a I^atimah
Written in beautiful Nasldi on pink coloured papers within
gold and blue coloured borders with an illuminated head-piece
Not dated, apparently 18th century
No. 112.
foil. 148, hues 19, size 10|X6^, 8JX42
FIQH-I-IBRAHIM SHAHI.
A work on legal prayers and other rites and observances of
Islam, being a collection of opinions and decisions of particular
law-cases, by Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Hamid, entitled Nizam-
ud-Din yiaj ^ ^cU) vXu.a. ^ who dedicated
it to Ibrahim ‘Adil Shah, King of Bijapur (AH 941-985 = A D
1535-1557)
Beginning —
87
The work is divided into two parts. This copy, comprising
ujU/ to j is the first part only. A copy of
the second part u->L51f to ^Aisxfl is preserved in the
Calcutta Madrasah Library The Rampur Library possesses two
copies of the work
Foil. 81-148 are hopelessly rotten and damaged
Written in ordinary Indian Ta‘liq
Not dated, apparently 19th century
No 113.
foil. 319, lines 19, size 10x7, 7^X4
BARAHIN-I-QATI-.
A Persian translation ot Ahmad bin Hajar ul-Haysami ul-
Makki^s (d A.H 973 = A. D 1565) Arabic work
which contains a defence of the rightful^ claim of succession of the
first three Khalifs, against the heretics and Shihtes, originally
delivered as a course of lectures in Makkah, A H 950 = A D 1543
in the month of Ramadan (December)
The translation was made by Kamal-ud-din bin FakJir-ud-Din
Jahrami AH 994 = A.D 1580 at
the desire of Sultan Ibiahim ‘Adil Shah (AH 988-1036 = AD
1580 1627)
Beginning —
JL
C
It IS divided into three Muqaddimahs, ten Babs and a Khati-
mah, as follows * —
fol 3^ J>I,
fol. 13«. ,,U>I
fol 13^ L-UOC«l L^uUSl^J
fol. 14^ AsaiI ^ ^
88
4Jul 3^ O-kwI |•^‘^
fol 84^ C^i^xc ^djui c *^^ ^ i ^
jb ^ jb ^j-^I jiJjM r> u^s ybyl LJ-'oJUajI ^^bj \d L->b
fol 93^. ^Ic jb
fol. 136^ j<^ jl3
fol 140^. ro^ v-i>b-^^-^iw. ^ J.jLa3 jO ^i^-b «.-sb
fol. 159« ^*;UaC ^ L-^b
•
fol 171^* ijc\ \ Jib ^^1 ^ jd ^xklb u:»b
fciiL 176®. (^j y ^ ^ J.jLa5 j jA^iyo jJ ^XA*^Jt) Lj>b
fol. 202®. (yaj i^Ue}j.( j yjL/O ^ ^ LJ>b
fol. 210^.
fol 298 ^. ajLsc^ j V .cU-^ ^ 1^ ^Jui. J.Jbl jlclrl
Written in a fair Nasta‘liq
Dated Bijapur, Ramadan, A H. 995 The first folio is supplied
in a quite modern hand.
No. 114.
foil. 34, lines 11; size 8JX5^, 5JX3.
^ Ia#«o
MUNAZARAH-T-JAMHURIYAH
A controversial work in defence of the Shi ‘ah tenets, trans-
lated from an Arabic treatise on the discussion held at Maihhad,
in AH. 878 == AD H73, between Mulla Harawi and Shaykh
Muhammad Jamhur, by Muhammad bin Muhammad, better known
as Jalal-ud-Din ubKa^ani ^
m AH. 1001 =A.D 1592
Beginning —
* ^1 Li V — .dl ^sxi ^^b^ iS ^ ilj
89
The title ot the work is not given in the text, but in an
endorsement in a fly-leaf at the beginning it is called
Written in fair Indian Ta‘liq within 'gold and coloured-ruled
borders with an ordinary decorated head-piece and^ ‘Unwan
The MS was written during the time of Asaf-ud-Daulah
Bahadur at the desire of Rai Bahadur Singh
Dated, Lucknow, Dulqa‘d, AH 1210
No. 115
foil 425 , lines 17 , size 13J X 8-J , 8| X 4^
FAWATD-I-A‘<AFIYAH.
A very comprehensive work on the special privileges and
essential peculiarities of the Friday and other congregational
prayers, based on the Quran, Hadis and sayings of the Imams and
other holy persons, originally delivered as a course of lectures
fromthe 13thofRa]ab, A H 1 200 to the 7th of Sha‘ban AH 1201,
Sayyid Dildar ‘Ali bin Sayvid Muhammad Mu‘in-ud-Din ul-
Hindi un-Nasirabid'
^^ 0 L' 1 I
Beginning
«
yXsC ^
The full title of the work given in the Preface, is <)LxiL^I ooly
j but m the Ka^f-ul-Hiijub, p 570, it is called
It consists of fifty-one lectures called Akcj..<. A detailed
account of the contents is given in the beginning of the work
The original work is followed by a fragment (foil 421-425) of
the Tarikli-i-lbn-i<Hilal relating to the correspondence between ‘Ali
and Ma‘awiyah after the former’s return from the battle of Jumal
Written in fair Indian Nasta‘liq within coloured-ruled borders
with an illuminated head-piece
Dated 5th Shawwal, AH 1211
A note on fob 1«, dated 11th Ramadan, A.H 1252, records
the price of MS as Rs 30.
12
90
No. 116.
foil 138, lines 14, size 8JX4J, 6x3.
j UaJ I jo
DULFAQAR
A refutation of the I2bh Chapter of Shah ‘Abd-ul-‘Aziz’s
popular work (Jo I iAaco, by the same Dildar ‘Ali
Beginning —
The work and the author are mentioned in the Kashful Hu]ub *
p. 221.
The following note on fol. 1« by one SajjM ‘Ali, whose seal,
dated A. H. 1282, immediately follows his signature, gives the par-
ticulars of the work
LJ>(J^
uol.) »•# I
* ]ji^ (.ij) jl
Written in fair Indian Ta‘liq
Not dated, apparently 19th century
No IIZ
foil. 321, lines 20, size 11|X7; 8Jx4^.
An anonymous Shi ‘ah work in support of ‘All’s right to the
Imamat and treating of the prerogatives and miracles of the Imams
Beginning —
The name of the author and the title of the work are not
given in the text, but in an endorsement on fol. 1« it is described
In the beginning, as well as in the concluding lines, it is said
that the author lived for a long time at HaydarabM and that he
wrote this work for ‘Abd Ullah Qutub Shah (AH 1035-1D83 =
A.D 1625-1672) We also learn that he completed it after one
and a half years’ labour in AH 1058 = AD 1648
It 18 divided into a Muqaddimah, on the significance of the
Imam and the necessity for his existence (fol. 3«); a book (Bab),
91
on the claims of ‘Ali (foL 7^), subdivided into twelve Chapters
(Fasl), devoted to the prerogatives and the miracle of the Imams,
and a I^atimah, containing miscellaneous observations, fol 315^.
Written in ordinary but legible Indian Ta‘liq with ruljrioations
Dated 26th Rabi‘ I, A H 1081
A seal of a certain noble (name illegible) of Shah ‘Alam’s
court 18 fixed at the end
No. 118.
foil 384, lines 15, size llx6|, 8|^X4.
THE SAME
Another copy of the preceding work ending with the tenth
chapter. Occasional notes and emendations on the margins.
Written m ordijjary Indian Ta‘liq
Not dated, apparently 19th century
No 119
toll. 383 (385-766), lines and size same as above
The continuation of the preceding copy beginning with the
eleventh chapter and ending with the KJiatimah This copy be-
gins with a short preamble in which it is said that this is the
second volume of the work
Beginning —
Jo
* isLa j b
Written in the same hand as the preceding copy with mar-
ginal notes and emendations
Not dated, 1 9th century
No. 120.
toll 251, lines 25 , size lOJ X 6^ , 7| X 4.
An anonymous work on the laws, sacred rites and ceremonies
to be observed by pilgrims, based on the Tlal-ul-Hajj of Shayyi-
us-Suduq Abi Ja‘far Muhammad bin ‘Ali bin Husayn bin Musa
bin Babwayh ul-Qummi (d. A.H. 381 = A.D. 991), and other works
on similar topics, by Muhammad Taqi bin Majlisi ^
92
Beginning —
^ uSX-^ S^JLail J LJ>^ 413 »^A.Sxf|
* ^1 J
The author, who calls himself (fol. 2«) ^^*>.1:^ ^
19 most probably identical with Muhammad Taqi bin MaqsM ‘Ali
ul-Majlisi, who died in AH. 1070 = A.D. 1659, and whose work
^9 4/U^ is mentioned in Ka^f-ul-Hujub, p 256
The copy is defective towards the end and breaks off with th^
words^rv-^-’ ^aJ^jiLo
Written in ordinary Naskh with additions and emendations
on the margins
A seal of Fadil ^an of ‘Alamgir’s court, three of the later
kings of Oude and one of Muzaffar Husayn, are found on fol
Not dated, apparently ISth century
No- 121-
foll 306, lines 19, size 11] X7?, 8JX5
^j|yi
TUHFAT-UZ-ZA’IR.
A compendium of all the sacred rites and ceremonies to be
observed by the Rhihte pilgrims and visitors to the holy tombs of
the Imams and other places of sanctity, by Muhammad Baqir bin
Muhammad Taqi the famous author of
many Shihte works, who was born A H. 1038 = A.D 1628, com-
posed this work AD 1085 = A.D 1674 (cf fol 306«), and died
AH 1 110 = A D 1698
Beginning —
* ^Jl L— ] J.<u ]j Jy ]) I j
It is divided into a Muqaddimah, twelve Babs and a Khati-
mah, as follows —
tol 3« yi^ Ljyljl y s,yOi\ib<
. . » ^ ^
fol 9^. j J
93
j ^ \d u->L>
fol 170 .
fol. 35®. v::^jki^^ »», e:>jbj c:JU^5jj^jk«.u^b
J L>».^(.A>Ay<) ^ ^
fol 73^
fol 88® ... ^ ^J^i)
<-^ y^ V*.— L_'%1a^5 j ^ ^ lx/< ^ j yjL^ C-jL>
fol. no® u.>lji ^ ^ui
l«u^av.^ Luti^l y (^y£ik\^ sS \.i>yJis^,i] ^ailx^ '-~>b
i-^^b Avw.\5>< )'^ AacjI j ^bxl L^ljf j
fol 123^ J^J
k>jl f^y^souo fS '— VwI-^JjAAf ^ V 'b^5 )^ ^l^Sb V— >L>
fol 174 ^. <K.JlX/«I j ^/Cyk%^< ^uy _, |.bb
j ^L(^ ^boi L->)^.a^ ^ sljua5
fol. 209^
. ^L<I . (.'^^ A be I
^ f -? / f
^be) j ^QJ s>f^' ' .JjAAf J ^ .1x^5 ^^lxJ J J ^ito u»>b
^^UwJI ^<5jb <X.^tjI^ ,«• yro'!^] v..^^:^b^ ^ ^ ^^ X.A»X
fol 229® yi ^b.oI iA ^ ^
^J^ b '' ’^b
j ^j^^'****ib <S.jl*-V.«.l j e3
fol. 250^ ^(..uaj)^-' Ul9^1.0 L ^-^kSix^ j ^ L^Xi^Cr^
^Uaw.]) ^^xlx (JUjI J)I^! c-^Mb, j ^ ^^bx) lj>!jI jii ^Sbd^ljd u^b
fol 298^ V ^Izj f.'Lw V ^b^f j L->l:sx^I ^
fol .306® ^.ifxlr ^xJI uubibo l->IjT
Written m clear Nasldi within gold and coloured-ruled borders
with rubrications and an illuminated head-piece. The margins
of foil 1^ and 2® are decorated with floral designs
Dated Shawwal, AH. 1243.
Scribe — yl ^
Additions and emendations are occasionally found on the
margins.
94
No. 122.
foil. 489, lines 17; size 8|X5J, 6|^X3J.
( 3 ^
HAQQ-UL-YAQiN
A comprehensive work on the leading dogmas, principles anc
theories of Islamism from the strictest Shi^e standpoint, by the
well-known Shi‘ah Mujtahid Muhammad Baqir bin Muhammac
Taqi Majhsi ^s6 jsb (d AH 1110 == A.D
1698), who completed it in A.H. 1109 = AD 1697
Beginning —
dj^l\ 41J
It comprises the following six books —
fol 2 ^, “ LL>ijL<a J
fol 7« ojL> ;* jj
foL 10^ JUiL) s.( ^
fol. 12®.- u.>b
fol. 24^. l— ^ vyobol jj
In this chapter, which occupies more than half the work, the
author demonstrates the exclusive claims of ‘Ali and his descend-
ants to the Imamat, and disparages his opponents at considerable
length.
J Ll>bo*>A^ ^ oIajI LmiL>
* ^Ic jyc] ^LAfti) (j
Printed in Teheran, A.H. 1241
Written in minute clear Nasta‘liq within coloured-ruled bor-
ders.
Dated Diqa‘d, A.H. 1218.
The copy bears on the fly-leaf the seals of Amjad ‘Ali, Sulay-
man Jah and Wajid ‘Ali.
95
No. 123.
foil 536 , lines 23 , size 12 X 6| , 7| X 3|.
‘AYN-UL-HAYAT
A very popular and exhaustive work on theology and ethics
based on the Quran and traditions, from a strict Shi‘ite stand-
point, by the same Muhammad Baqir bin Muhammad Taqi Majlisi
(d A.H. 1110 = A.D. 1698)
Beginning —
* iSLsxJ Uj ^
The work is divided into numerous sections, variously styled
i , ji^y^ f , etc.
See E G Browne, Camb. Cat., pp 64-69
Printed at Teheran, A H 1240
Written in beautiful Naskh within gold and coloured-ruled
margins with an illuminated head-piece and a double-page orna-
mented ‘un wan The Arabic texts, frequently quoted, are written
with all vowels Additions and emendations are occasionally
found on the margins
The last folio has been supplied in a different hand
All the seals at the beginning and end of the copy have been
rubbed out by some mischievous hand
Not dated, apparently 18th century.
No. 124.
foil 103 , lines 1 1 , size 8| X , 5| X 3
OADiRlYAH.
A Shi'ali treatise in support of ‘All’s claim to the Imamat, by
‘Abd Ullah bin Sbah Mansur ul-Qazwini xul
Beginning —
I
« ^ 4U
The following particulars regarding the work and its author
are^given in the Kashf-ul-Hujub, p 392
96
I ^
^ 4Ul j^] e^U>l - ^Jot^
«»
iff ^ ^ iL<CxJI I ^'£)^XA‘ il ^*«^lail ^
It would appear from the above^ passage that the author was
a contemporary of Shaykh Hurr ul-’Amuli, who is most probably
identical with Muhammad bin Hasan ul-Husayni ul-Hurr ul-‘Amali.
d. AH 1099 = AD. 1688 (see Brock ii, p. 412)
Written in fair Indian Tadiq within gold and coloured-ruled
borders with decorations in the beginning
Not dated, apparently 19th century
No. 125.
foil 93, lines 14, size7|X4^, 4^X2J
A collection of three treatises (bound together), on some ques-
tions regarding Muhammadan theology and law, according to the
Shi‘jte School, by Muhammad bin Muhsin bin Murtada, surnamed
‘Alam-ul-Huda ^ ' e/*’ (cf
fol 1^) Rieu, 1 p 140, followed by Ethe, Bodl Lib No 1760,
while questioning the date AH 1070 (AD 1659), given in the
Bibliotheca Sprengeriana, No. 5'^5, as a tinm when ‘Alam-ul-Huda
was still alive, holds that he lived in the first half of the seventh
century of the Hijrah Evidences in this copy however tend to
support the date given in the Bibl. Spreng loc cil At the end of
the first treatise (fol. 69^), the author says that he finished its
eomposition in Puihijjah, A H 1098 = A.D 1686
||Jl^ jXiSiJ) 4Jjl SXC
^ 4JliI Ur
, , . ) <U I I ^ J J yiJL ^ I
Again at the end of the third treatise, fol 91«, the author says
that he extracted it from the original in Pulqa‘d, A.H. 1097 =
AD 1685
^ ^ ^ J ^ ^ JSiJ L^i^l ) I ^ IhwJ I ^ cXib ^ ^ySXXi*J 1 J
^Ir
. • • ^ }yC ^ Iw-AI I J ^
I Foil P-70« Sha‘a^ir-ul-iman, dealing with
some points relating to the principles of Muhammadan theology
and law.
97
Beginning —
^ ^ j J^j ^ J^ ^
It IS divided into the following five Maqalahs —
fol. 2®^ |_jLa.C I ^ ^ ^ O s jlS ^^^JAa»a 2EO iLllft/0
fol. 7®. u->(xLL
fol 22«. «-15(.jL^a^ {£J^ ^
fol. 37^. Li?I^^lai&><o
II. Foil 71^-78»j)j/ L->(II I^ulasah-i-Kitab-i-Haq-
guzar. A tract in which the author vehemently denounces the
doctrines, rites and religious observances of Sufis which he declares
as heretical
Beginning —
Foil 79^-93« ‘dlu. SulaIat-ul-Mi‘yar. A theological
discussion of the restrictions to be observed in the composition of
poetry and verses, being an extract made by the author himself
from his larger work
Beginning —
^ ' SLiUoj ^^lol
Written in learned Naskh, with rubrications Marginal notes
and emendations are occasional
Dated A H 1099
No. 126.
foil. 129; lines 28-34; size 10^- X 6^, 9x5
TARJAMAH l-SHU‘AB-UL-iMAN.
A work on the leading dogmas and principal theories of Islam-
ism based on the Quran, Hadis and other standard works It is a
translation of Siraj-ud-Din Abu Hafs ‘Umar Qazwini’s abridgment
of Abu Bakr Ahmad bin Husayn ul-Bayhaqi’s (d. A H 458 = A. D
1065) “ Shu‘ab-ul-iman ” The translation was made by Nur-ud-
Din ibn Jalal-ud-Din ^Jv^JI jy, who added a Muqad-
dimah, a Khatimah and some more matter to the work.
13
98
Beginning i
Jj I
^1
The work is divided into a Muqaddimah, seventy-seven Shu‘bas
and a Khatimah A detailed index of the contents with reference
to pages has been given at the beginning of the copy.
Written in careless Nasta‘liq with notes and emendations
occasionally found on the margins
Dated, Friday, the 2nd of Jiimada II , A.H. 1105
Scribe — (y )
The MS. IS worm-eaten, and pasted over in many places
No. 127.
foil 61 ; lines 10 , size lOi X 6 , 7 X
yiyi lyj
TABSTRAT-UZ-ZA’IR.
A treatise on the rites and ceremonies to be observed by the
Shihte visitors to the sacred tombs of the Imams and places of
sanctity, by Mir Muhammad Badi‘ ibn Mir ‘Abd-ul-Quddus Radawi
Mashhadi who finished
it, according to the concluding lines, on the 8th of Jumada II,
A.H. 1157 = AD. 1744.
Beginning —
According to the preface the treatise contains the translation
of the 22nd Book of Muhammad Baqir Majlisi’s (d. A H 11)0 =
AD 1678) Bihar-ul- Anwar The Arabic text is followed by inter-
linear translation written in minute Nasta‘liq
Wrillen in beautiful bold Nasldi within gold and coloured-
ruled borders with an illuminated head-piece According to the
colophon the MS was written by order of Nawwab Husayn ‘Ali
Khan Sahib BahMur, son of Haydar ‘Ali Khan.
Dated 2nd Safar, A H. 1257.
Scribe . — .
All the pages of the MS. are pasted over with thin paper
99
No. 128.
foil. 171, lines 19, size 11X6|^, 8}x3f.
^*Ji y
QURRAT-UL-‘AYNAYN
A work on the praiseworthy qualities and the great merits of
the Khalifahs Abu Bakr, ‘Umar and U^man, based on the tradi-
tions of the prophet and holy men, by the well-known Indian
scholar Shah Wall Ull ah d AH 1176 == A D. 1762.
Beginning —
I I
The full title of the work given in the preface is ^
Written partly in Indian Ta‘liq and partly in ordinary Nas-
ta‘liq with occasional notes on the margins
Not dated, apparently 1 9th century.
No. 129.
folk 28 , lines 16 ; size 8|- X 5 J , 6f X 4.
liHULASAT-UL-ISLAM.
A short theological treatise on the religious duties and obser-
vances of Islam, according to the Hanafi School by Isma‘il bin
Lutf Ullah ul-Bal^arzi 4jil
Beginning —
It 18 divided into the following twen^-two Babs (chapters) —
fol. 2«. - ^ ^ ^ ^^UjI J^i uiU
fol 7^. -
fol 8^. L— ^ i—
fol 9^, ^>lA.Lu ^ {J^
fol. 11^.
fol. 12«.
fol. 13«. y
100
foL ISfe. jUi
fol. 17«. fK^
fol. 17^.
j Jaj ^ ^ -^b J oy
fol. 18«.
fol 18^. jUi o(jjl
fol 19^.
Cl>jilS SjsSUw v-.>b
fol. 20& jUi ^Lu
fol. 2 lo. ^L > ^ Jar ^ ^ ^dj^lii LjU
fol 22«. jUj ^j^ksti Ljb
fol. 23«.
fol. 24«« «jj,^
fol. 26«.
fol. 26^ a ^ ‘-^b
fol. 28«. ^ '-^-^
Written in ordinary, but legible, Indian Ta‘liq.
The colophon says that the transcription was completed in
the house of Muhammad Rida IQian at Hoogly, on the 19th of
Muharram, AH 1 179, by Aman Ullah of Qutbpur, Satgam
No. 130.
foil 87, lines 17-19, size 7|^X42, 5|-X3
CLJ^lsd iiL^J
RISALAH-I-TIJARAT
A splendid copy of a treatise on legal points relating to com-
merce, sale, earnings and other monetary affairs, according to the
Shi‘ite doctrine
Beginning —
M> Jl
* ^1 ^ iXo.3x/o 4Jjl j ^ i>A!SvJI
The name of the author and the title of the work are not
given in the text, but in the concluding line the work is ascribed
bl Aqa Muhammad Baqir Bahbahani, the
great Shi‘ah Mujtahid, who died in A.H. 1205 == A.D. 1790
101
^ ajjb jijsxi ^JjSJJ iV
« A!>j(i| ^b| 4I1) ^IjI iXtJsx^ U 1 ILiiJl ^] j UbJ) Jl^I (J^j^
The title is taken from a line in the beginning : — v.j>samj1 <jJU^ ^I
Written in beautiful learned Shikastah hand within gold
and coloured-ruled borders with an illuminated head-piece Mar-
ginal emendations and annotations are occasional.
Not dated, apparently 18th century
The name of Safdar Nawwab (of Patna), wr^itten on the margin
of fol. 1^, suggests that the MS. once belonged to him.
No. 131.
foil 280, lines 17; size 9JX6, 7X4.
TANWIR-UL-MANAR.
A Persian commentary on Hafiz -ud-Din Nasafi’s (d A H. 710
= A.D. 1310) famous text al-Manar on the principles of Muham-
madan law and jurisprudence, according to the Hanafi School,
by ‘Abd-ul-‘Ali Muhammad, better known as Bahr-ul-‘Ulum bin
Nizam-ud-Din al-Ansari ^ jjx
(d A H. 1226 ="a D 1811)
Beginning with the Arabic Preface —
^
A copy of the work is noticed in the Catalogue of the Calcutta
Madrasah Library, p. 66.
Written m ordinary Indian Ta‘liq with the text overlined in
red. Emendations and corrections are occasionally found on the
margins
Dated 25th Jumada I , A.H 1232
No. 132.
foil. 169, lines 13, size 7|X4|, 6X2f.
axjU c:^U
QIYAMAT NAMAH.
An account of the events which are to take place at the ap-
proach of the Day of the Resurrection, and a detailed description
102
of the world to come, based upon the Quran and Hadi§, by the
same ‘Abd-ul-‘Ali Muhammad, better l^nown as Bahr-ul-‘Ulum (d
AH. 1226==AD. 1811)
Beginning —
•• *** Ji
* ^ 41) iXo^aci-J)
The work comprises the following three chapters —
fol 1^ ^.^Lw J.I cj>b
fol. 42" j V -^cLw u.?b
j jd j J ji} L-^b
fol. 116".
We learn from the colophon that this work, composed by the
author during his stay in the Madrasah of Mundii Sayyid Sadr-ud-
Din at Buhar, was transcribed by Maulavi Sayyid Sadr-ud-Din
Ahmad’s order in A.H. 1288 by Iradat ‘Ali of Buhar
} aJ b^i ) 2$ c3kit> bo ) I b^i | ^ ibo ) ^ ^ 9 Ixi b® ) lXA
j^lLo >b.Jlc (J»AjI ajLsL/^3 <JL/«b ^...^syoUb ( 2{L6.AV-0.i) )
i- Q.AA..Z3J
jjj I ^A^ <u*u »U ^ v^y
uJj.^ S/«b \ j ji
•»* L-f/^y C5jbl ... ( ^bjb
Written in clear Nasta‘liq with the headings in red
No. 133.
foil 194, lines 18; size 10JX6, 8^X4.
dJjk^s ClJ^
saulat-i-Oazanfariyah.
A Sunni denunciation of the Shihte custom of “ temporary
marriage” ( <uJbo ), written, A H. 1237 = A.D. 1821, in refutation
of Dildar ‘Ali’s son Sayyid Muhammad’s work iijb on the
legality of the mut'ah, by Muhammad Rashid- ud-Din I
103
a pupil of Maulana Shah ‘Abd-ul-‘Aziz (d AH 1239 = AD 1824),
the author of the popular work tjul iisxj and of several other
works
Beginning —
ixxx^ u^LxXil Jy) ^J^i) 4 Jl)
Written in ordinary Indian Ta‘liq
Not dated, apparently 19th century
No. 134.
foil 376 , lines 9 , size X , 5| X 3
J •
TABSIRAT-UL-MUHTADIN
A Persian translation and explanation of Sayyid Muhammad
Taqi bin Sayyid Husayn's Arabic work Hadiqat-ul-Wa‘izin, which
contains a course of lectures on Muhammadan theology and moral
philosophy, delivered in the month of Ramadan, AH. 1258 =
A.D 1842
The original work was dedicated to Amjad ‘Ali Shah at whose
desire this Persian paraphrase was made by Sayyid ‘Abd-Ullah
aill jar in Rajab, A.H I261 = AD 1845
Beginning —
aji)
Written in clear Nasta‘liq within gold and coloured- ruled
borders with a beautifully illuminated head-piece and a sump-
tuously ornamented double page ‘Unwan
A neat and beautiful copy, probably prepared for Amjad
‘All ShMi at whose desire the translation was made
No. 135.
foil 275, lines 15-19, size9|^X5|, 7-7Jx3J
FATAWA-T-BARAHNAH
A compendium of Muhammadan theology and law according
to the Hanafite School, by Nasir-ud-Din Lahauri
Beginning : —
104
* Jbj ) y
The work has been lithographed at Lahore
Three folios of a different work on the same topic are prefixed
to this MS.
Written in careless Indian Ta‘liq with numerous emendations
and annotations
The MS IS mended and pasted over in many places Foil 12,
15 and 260-265 have been bound upside down. Fol. is written
in a later hand
Not dated, apparently 19th century.
No 136.
foil 373, lines 17, size 9X5; 6X2^.
JAMAL-US-SALIHIN.
Expo^^ition of the principal rites, duties and observances of
Islam, according to the Shi‘ah School, based on the Quran, Hadis
and sayings of holy men, by Husayn bin ‘Abd-ur-Razzaq
Beginning —
» 4JJ| ^ 4JJ Ly^svJ) '
It is divided into a Muqaddimali, twelve Babs and a Khati-
mah The Babs, each sub-divided into several Fasls, begin res-
pectively on foil 9«, 52^; 64^^ 138®, 163®, 224«, 234^, 244^, 303^,
319«, 330^ and 346^
Written in a clear minute Naskh within gold and coloured-
ruled borders with an illuminated liefsd-piece and rubrications.
Not dated, apparently 18th century
No 137
foil 216, lines 15, size8|-X5, 5|^X3|-.
TUHFAT-UL-MUSLTMIN.
A defective and incomplete copy of a wo^^k on the observances,
rites and dogmas of Islamism, according to Shi‘ite School
The copy is defective at both ends, and the title is taken
from an endorsement on a fly-leaf at the beginning.
106
It opens abruptly thus * —
* ^1 ^ y> ^jiikye
and breaks off ... j.Jd jJt v^/^*
Foil 26-29 are bound upside down.
Written in ordinary Indian Ta‘liq within coloured- ruled
borders.
Not dated, apparently 19th century.
]No. 138.
foil. 144, lines 19, size 8|X6J, 6JX4
b
MUBAHASAH-I-MULLA BA PADRI.
A defective copy of a Musulman refutation of a certain
Padre’s defence of Christianity. Several folios are wanting in the
beginning and consequently the name of the author, title of the
work, etc , cannot be ascertained
In an endorsement on the fly-leaf the work is called
b lU.
It opens abruptly thus —
and ends —
Written in ordinary Indian Ta‘liq within coloured-ruled
borders.
Not dated^ apparently 19th century.
The MS IS pasted with thick patches
No. 139.
foil. Ill, lines 18, size llx7J, 82 X 4^
KH ATI’AT-UL-A’IMMAH
Account of a debate which took place between the author
and some lawyers of the four Islamic Schools, viz Hanafi, MMikj,
Shafi‘i and Hanbali, and in which the author attempted to refute
their doctrines.
14
106
Beginning * —
djJ j AflJUi. j iij.La.J} j 4Sj j^xksvJI
J>
In the preface the author, who calls himself
Yuhanna Bani Isra’il ul-MFsri, states that he was born a
Jew, and that after a careful investigation of all religions he found
Islam to be the only true religion After embracing Islam he held
a debate with the leading ‘Ulama of the Hanafi, Mahki, ShM‘i and
Hanbali sects, m the course of which he attempted to refute
them, supporting the tenets of the Imamiyah sect of the Shi‘ahs.
Written in clear Indian Ta‘liq, with rubrications
Dated 30th Safar, A H 1280
Scribe — Shu]a‘at ‘Ali ^an.
The MS IS worm-eaten in some places
No. 140
foil 181, lines 9-16, size 8| X 6 , 6|^X3|-.
A collection of theological treatises, bound in one volume.
I Foil 9^-15® Forty sayings of Muhammad,
in Arabic, without any preface or introduction
Beginning —
I
" ^ JUjl ^ ,1 *.*.>.1 (. 4 *^
* V ^ X\j9 (Jti
Written in ordinary Naskh with all vowels.
II Foil 9^-15« Another series of the Prophet’s traditions
in Arabic without any title or introduction
Beginning —
# ^ <lxlc ^Uj} ^ I
Written in ordinary NasWi, but more neatly than the pre-
ceding treatise
III Foil 15^-109^ cj>UJ Tarjumah-i-Lubab-ul-
AWibar A collection of 400 traditions of the Prophet, in forty
chapters, each of which contains ten traditions, on various points
of Muhammadan theology and law, a kind of general introduction
to the science of Hadis. The original text in Arabic by Ahmad
bin ‘Abd Ullah 4X11 aac is followed by Persian translation
by Muhammad ibn MahmM
107
Beginning —
* ^J| <^]y] ^ ); ^Ic
An index of the forty chapters occupies foil 16^' 17^.
Foil. 15^-75^ are written in ungraceful, but legible, Naskh
nd Nasta‘liq and foil. 76«-109<*, written by one 4!ul ^ are m
lir hand.
Dated Monday, the 24th of Jumada II, A H. 1176,
IV. Foil 110^-181«. ‘Umdat-ul- Islam. A com-
endium of Muhammadan civil and ecclesiastical law in all its
ranches, comprising purifications or ablutions, prayers, alms,
as ting and pilgrimage, based on numerous Arabic and Persian
mrks (enumerated on foil 180«-180^), by Abu Tahir ibn Kamal
f Multan JUI ^jJ ytlh y) See fol 179^, line 13
Beginning . —
c ✓
Written in ordinary Indian Ta‘liq
Dated Friday, the 9th Jumada IT, the 27th regnal year ^
Scribe —
No. 141
foil. 40, lines 15-19, size 9Jx6, 7|X4
Another collection of theological tieatises.
I. Foil 1^-27“ c-jjJlflil Manafi‘-ul-Qulub. A treatise dealing
nth some of the most important points in Muhammadan theology
md law, by an anonymous author, who was a disciple of Shayldi
dahmud Nasiruddin (cf. fol. 1^).
Beginning —
Sa. ^ iS yo JocU J
It is divided into two parts The first, Jlsirl begins on
ol, 3«. The second, comprising several sub-
leadings, begins on fol 4«.
The colophon says that the transcription was made in the
louse of Mir Sayyid (5ulam Muhammad at Manair, in 1115 Ben-
gali era, during the reign of Shah ‘Alam.
108
Scribe — jly.
II Foil. 28«-35«. Another theological tract on the exposition
of the principal rites and observances of Islam by an anonymous
author.
Beginning —
* ^i) 4JLI
III. Poll. 35^-40^. A similar tract, by Qutb-ud-Din Muham-
mad bin (5iya^-ud-Din ‘Ali
The first two treatises are written in ordinary Indian Ta‘liq
by one scribe The third, written by a different scribe in careless
Ta‘liq, though not dated, apparently belongs to the same period
as the first two
No. 142.
foil. 13, lines 17, size9JX5|; 7X3|.
Two theological treatises.
I Foil l«-7" Asas-ul-Musalli A short tract
dealing with the rites and observances connected with ablution and
prayers, according to the Hanafi School, by one
Beginning —
* ^il j ^xaJuli 2 LxKjJI ^ Lj>^ 4I1
It 18 divided into two chapters, the first of which, sub-divided
into nine sections, begins on fol l^,,and the second, with eight
sub-divisions, begins on fol 3« A marginal note at the end of
this treatise says that it was transcribed by IQiavr Ullah bin
Shaykh Muhammad Rafiq for his son ShayWi Nur Ullah, on the
22nd Rajab, AH 1129
II. Foil 8«-13«. Another tract on Friday, Td-day, funeral
and other prayers, by Murid-ul-Haq,
Beginning —
^i| aS J 4X0.A.
It is divided into four Babs, each sub-divided into several
sections
Written by the above-named scribe for the same Shaykh
Nur Ullah on the same date
Written in careless Indian Ta‘liq within coloured-ruled borders.
109
(3) Commentaries and other Explanatory Works
on the Quran.
No. 143.
foil. 433; lines 15; size 12JX8J, 9|X4J
TARJUMAT-UL-KHAWASS.
A detailed Shi‘ah commentary on the Quran, usually styled
i Hasan uz-Zawwari
(wrongly called in the preface here “Sabzwari ”), who completed
it in A. H 946 = AD 1539.
This library possesses in two volumes only a portion of the
extant commentary The first volume, comprising the first six
Surahs begins thus —
Surah 1 begins on fol 31«, 2, on fol 78« , 3, on fol 186^, 4,
on fol. 258^ ; 5, on fol. 333^ , 6, on fol 387^.
The copy breaks off with the words
JUI Ul
No. 144.
foil. 385 , lines and size same as above.
Continuation of the preceding work, comprising Surahs 7-18
It opens thus , — ,
# 4JL)! fLw y-J
Surah 7, on fol 7 « , 8, on fol 70« , 9 , on fol 97 « , 10 on fol. 152«
11, on fol 185&; 12, on fol 218&, 13, on fol 253^ 14, on fol 268«
15, on fol 281« ; 16, on fol. 2926 , 17, on fol 3246; 18, on fol. 3576
Ends —
* vvy (j jjj
Both volumes, due to the penmanship of one scribe, are writtei
in beautiful Nastt within coloured-ruled borders, with the tex
in red
Not dated, apparently 17th century.
Foil. 1-25 of the first volume and 378-385 of the second hav
been bordered.
Foil. 376-378 of the second volume are slightly damaged.
110
No. 145.
foil 420; lines 18; size 13|^X8|-; 6JX3.
TAFSIR-I-SHAHI.
A juridical commentary on the Quran, containing the explana-
tion of those verses which relate to Muhammadan civil and
ecclesiastical laws, according to the Shi‘ah doctrine, composed at
the desire of Shah Tahmasp Safawi (AH 930-984 — A.D 1524-
1576), by Abul Fath ul-Husayni, the author of the work Safwat-
us-Safa, noticed in Rieu, I., p 345
Beginning --
5sXwd), , L- >L< 5sx.'(j 5sx>(j
Tt comprises twenty-two Kitabs or Books, each sub-divided
into several sections, called etc The Kitabs
are as follows —
1. on fob 4^.
2 XjJLn/f on fol 31^
3 on fol. 1 1 1«
4 L-jdi', on fol. l22?^
5 u.?Uf, on fol 142^
6 ^^1 oU:^, on fol 146^
7. Ljtlf, on fol. 182^».
8 jXaJ) ^ yo"^] uj>Uf, on fol. 226^.
9 (UwHJl on fol. 229«.
10. on fol 242^^
11. Aiuly ^ on fol. 251^.
12 on fol. 261".
13 au^yl on fol 270^.
14. ^ on fol. 284".
15 on fol 291^
16 on fol 293^
17. u^ULT, on fol 340".
18. j ^rlkuil on fol 362"
19. cijIyjJI t-jdf, on fol. 377^^
Ill
20 on fol 390^.
21. l-jU/, on fol 400«
22 ^ bLnaJI u^Uf, on fol 410^
Written in ordinary Nasta‘liq with the text of the Quran
written in large Nasl^ overlined in red. The whole MS has been
mended and the original folios have been placed in new margins
Foil. 111-114 and 335-338 have been misplaced in binding
Dated, the last day of Safar, AH 1088
The name of the scribe given in the colophon has been
rubbed out
No. 146.
foil. 714, lines 25, size 12JX7, 8^x4^.
^4;Jl
KHULASAT-UL-MANHAJ
A Shi‘ah commentary on the Quran by Ibn Shukr Ullah Fath
Ullah u^-Sharif ul-Kashani ^>(.-^1111 4 Jl)I ^ aSil yJi ^.>1
(d. AH 978 = A.D 1570), abridged by himself from his larger
commentary in five volumes, styled ^lyi
Beginning —
j) (S.f ,w)
* v— fiJal
The commentary is divided into three parts as follows —
Part I — Comprises the first 18 Surahs, foil 3^-297^
Part IT —Surahs 19-35, foil 298&-471«
Part HI — -Surahs 36-114, foil 47l^-714«.
A table of contents occupies the first two folios of the MS.
The work has been lithographed at Teheran, AH 1281
Written in beautiful Nim Shikastah within gold-ruled borders,
with an illuminated head-piece The text of the Quran is written
in Naskh overlined red ,
The colophon of the first part, dated 12th JumMa T , A.H.
1086, runs thus —
jMtS- ^ ^
X.ilaL»Ai| ^00 Ow4.aa.^ Lsj Aoxl^il Jj|
112
* i^T j y *ii _,
Par< second is not dated.
The third part is dated 23rd Ramadan, A.H 10S5
Two seals of one Muzaffar Husayn are found respectively at
the beginning and end of the copy.
No 147.
foil 275 ; lines 31 , size 12|X 7| , 8|X 4^.
MAWAHIB-I-‘ALTYYAH
A well-known commentary on the Quran, usually styled
composed at the request of Mir ‘Ali Shir, to whom
it is dedicated, between A.H 897 and 899 = A D. 1492 and 1494,
by the famous author Husayn bin ‘Ali ul-Wa‘iz ul-Ka^ifi
iariyi (d. AH 910 = A.D 1504)
It IS divided into two volumes. The present volume, which
IS the first, comprises chapters E-XV, or the first half of the Quran,
and begins thus —
* ^11 (.ij j ^Lsx^ i^ciy y
No 148.
foil 296 ; lines and size same as above
The second volume of the preceding work comprising the
latter half (chapters XVI-XXX) of the Quran.
Beginning —
# ^ ^ Laaa»aJ ) 1 } ik ^ *** yJ
The whole commentary was printed in Calcutta A.H. 1247,
and at Lucknow 1874 It was translated into Turkish by Abu’l
Fadl Muhammad bin Idris Bidlisi (d A H. 982 = A D. 1574). A
Hindustani translation, called , by Fakhr-ud-Din Ahmad
Qadiri, was lithographed in Lucknow AH 1879
Both volumes, due to the penmanship of one scribe, whose
name however does not appear in either copy, are written in beauti-
ful minute Naskh within gold and colon red- ruled borders with an
113
illuminated head-piece at the beginning of each volume The
text of the Quran, written in larger Nastt in red, has all the
vowels in bla(3k. Additions and emendations are occasionally
found on the margins. The MS though written m a beautiful
hand is not free from clerical mistakes
Not dated, apparently 1 6th century.
No. 149.
foil 479 , lines 25 ; size 12J X 8 , 9J X 6| .
JALA-UL-ADHAN.
A Shi‘ah commentary on the Quran, based for the greater
part on the traditional interpretations of the Imams, by Abul
Mahasin Husayn bin Hasan ul-Jurjani y]
The date of composition of the work or of the author
cannot be ascertained The author of the Ka^f-ul-Hujub, p 256 ,
gives the following meagre account of the work and the author —
*■
In an endorsement on the fly-leaf due to a later hand the
work is called It is divided into two volumes
The first comprises the first sixteen Surahs ot the Quran and
begins thus with a preface —
^ ^ j j
* j
The preface is followed by seven preliminary sections explain-
ing the various meanings of the Quran, the Surah, the Tafsir, etc,,
after which follows the commentary on and ail
The commentary on the first Surah ( ) begins thus on
fol. 5^ —
*
The remaining fifteen Surihs begin respectively — 2, fol. 8<* , 3,
fol. 116«, 4, fol 174\ 5, fol 2l6'», 6, fol 261», 7, fol. 295a: 8,
fol 339!>; 9, fol 3556, 10, fol. 3926 , 11, fol 411a; 12, fol. 4286;
13, fol 418“; 14, fol. 455“ ; 15, fol 4576, IC.-iol 467“.
15
114
This copy breaks off with the words * —
• •• i_ ^ ^ i c|r*
Written in clear Nasta‘liq within gold and coloured-ruled
borders with an illuminated, now faded, head-piece The text is
Nv^ritten in red with all vowels
Foil 9 and 10 are bound upside down
Foil. 43-46, 438, 439 and 461 have been misplaced in binding
Not dated, apparently 1 6th century.
The margins of the tohos are worm-eaten
No. 150.
foil 320, lines 15, size 14} XO^-, lOJ X 6
The second volume of the preceding work, beginning with the
1 9th Surah { ending with the last. The latter
portion of the 16th Surah and the whole of the 17th and 18th are
therefore wanting. This volume, like the preceding, contains an
endorsement on the fly-leaf in which the work is called
while the illuminated head-piece bears the inscription
Beginning —
* b iijlb
The 20“ Surah begins on fol 10“ ; 21, on fol. 19“ ; 22, on fol.
31“, 23, on fol 40“ , 24, on fol 48*; 26, on fol 61“ ; 26, on fol.
76* , 27, on fol. 85“ , 28, on fol 93* , 29, on fol 103“ ; 30, on fol
108“, 31, on fol. 112*, 32, on fol 115*, 33, on fol. 118“ ; 34, on
fol 130“; 35, on fol. 135*, 36, on fol 139*; 37, on fol 144“ ; 38,
on fol. 160* , 39, on fol 165“ , 40, on fol. 162“ , 41, on fol. 168“ ,
42, on fol. 173“ ; 43, on fol 178*, 44, on fol 183*, 45 , on fol. 1 86“ ,
48, on fol. 188“ , 47, on fol 192“, 48, on fol 194*, 49, on fol. 200* ,
50, on fol 204*; 61, on fol. 207* , 62, on fol 210*, 63, on fol. 212* ,
64, on fol. 2176, 66, on fol 220“; 66, on fol. 224“, 67, on fol.
228“; 58, on fol. 233“, 59, on fol 236*, 60, on fol 241*, 61, on
fol. 244“, 62, on fol 245*, 61, on fol. 248“ , 64, on fol 249*, 65,
on fol. 251“, 66, on fol 253*, 67, on fol 256*, 68, on fol. 259“ ,
69, on fol. 262“ , 70, on fol 264“; 71, on fol 266“ , 72, on fol
268“; 73, on fol 269*; 74, on fol 271*; 76, on fol. 274“ ; 76, on
fol 276“; 77, on fol. 279*, 78, on fol. 281“, 79, on fol. 283*, 80,
on fol. 286“, 81, on fol. 286* , 82, on fol. 288“ ; 83, on fol. 289“ ,
84, on fol. 290* ; 85, on fol. 292“ ; 86, on fol 293* , 87, on fol.
115
294«; 88, on fol. 295^ ; 89, on fol 296^ 90, on fol. 299^ , 91, on
fol. 301«, 92, on fol. 301&; 93, on fol. 302«; 94, on fol. 303^; 95,
on fol. 304^ , 96, on fol. 305« , 97, on fol. 306^ ; 98, on fol. 308« ,
99, on fol 309«; 100, on fol 309^, 101, on fol. 310^ ; 102, on fol.
310?>, 103, on fol. 31 1&; 104, on fol. 31 1& , 105, on fol 312«; 106,
onfol. 314«, 107, on fol. 314a; 108, on fol 314?>, 109, on fol 315«>
110, on fol 316«, 111, on fol. 318«, 112, on fol 3\Hh , J13, on
fol 319«, 114, on fol 319^>
Written in beautiful minute Nasta'liq within gold and
eoloured>ruled borders The text of the Quran, written in a larger
Naskji, 18 in red
The first two pages are beautifully illuminated with ornament
of gold and floral designs
Dated 16th Dulhijjah, A.H 971 The name ot the scribe,
given in the colophon, is
No. 151.
foil. 476. lines 16, size 10]-X6|, 6|-7iX4-4i
TAUinH
A commentary on the Quran, containing an easy translation
and explanation of the sacred text intended for beginners, by an
anonymous author
Beginning * —
^ xAj ^ 2$ jLuw.il.> Af ]j Jufk,
* ^1 Ij
The MS is defective towards the end. It comprises the first
22 Surahs and a portion of the 23rd Surah after which it
breaks off with the words —
* jjI xjiil IjI JU» ^J^i] j
These twenty-three Surahs are as follows —
1, on fol 1«, 2, on fol 4^ , 3, on fol 75^, 4, on fol. 120«; 5,
on fol. 164^ 6, on fol. 196«; 7, on fol 229« ; 8, on fol. 269«» ; 9,
on fol. 282«; 10, on fol. 306«; 11, on fol. 321&, 12, on fol 337^ ;
13, on fol. 352& ; 14, on fol. 362a ; 15, on 370& ; 16, on fol. 377^ ,
17, on fol 396^>; 18, on fol 413a; 19, on fol 430^; 20, on fol.
439a; 21, on fol. 452^ , 22, on fol. 464^; 23, on fol. 476^
116
Foil. 1^-272^ are written in fair Nas^i and foil. 273^-476^ in
ordinary Indian Ta‘liq The text is written in red.
Not dated, apparently 1 8 th century.
No. 152.
foil. 421, lines 21; size 10Jx7, 7JX4J.
(jLL
TAFSiR-I-‘ALI ‘AZIM KHAN.
A very detailed commentary on the Quran based on the Arabic
Sunni commentaries - « — iUJ' - , the
Imamiah commentary ^bjJI
the Persian commentary entitled etc , by ‘Ali ‘Azim
Khan ^>]ac The author does not give a title to his
work, but it IS endorsed in a later hand as ^lac
The MS has been divided by the binder into three volumes
bound separately.
The first volume comprising the first nine Surahs begins thus
with a Preface —
j'y J j)^ J j)
The expjlanation of the words 4 i)L) begins on fol 1^ and
that of 4jjl on fol 2«
The nine Surahs are as follows •—
1, on fol 3^, 2 on fol 6« , 3, on fol 128^, 4, on fol 5,
on fo! 245«, 6, on fol 289«, 7, on fol 331^, 8, on fol. 381^ , 9^
on fol 40 1«
Ends * ... ); ^ catch-words
iiyXS ^
No 153.
foil 303 ; lines and size same as above.
Continuation of the preceding copy, comprising Surahs 10th to
29th, i e to The copy opens thus * —
Aj I &S ^ ^ ^ \ , , ,
* ^ JjU ;J
117
The Surahs are as follows . —
10, on fol 9^, 11, on fol 20^; 12, on fol. 45®, 13, on fol.
68» ; 14, on fol. 76»; 15, on fol 83^ ; 16, on fol 90^ ; 17, on fol
109«; 18, on fol. 128® ; 19, on fol 146», 20, on fol. 160^, 21, on
fol. 180»; 22, on fol. 200» ; 23, on fol 216«, 24, on fol. 227«; 25,
on fol. 244^ , 26, on fol 257^ ; 27, on fol. 272^ ; 28, on fol. 286« ;
29, on fol. 300^.
hinds ^ ^
The catci?-words of the last folio are s.^^.
No. 154.
foil. 279, lines 21-25, size 10^X7^, 8-8Jx8^8i
Continuation of the preceding copy, opening with the words —
* ^i! V — >Lo
It comprises Surahs 30-99, as follows —
30, on fol. 7^, 31, on fol 16®, 32, on fol 21^; 33, on fol 26*,
34, on fol. 41*, 36, on fol 49*, 36, on fol 55*, 37, on fol. 63*,
35, on fol. 75*; 39, on fol 85*, 40, on fol 97“; 41, on fol. 108“ ;
42, on fol. 116“; 43, on fol 12.5“; 44, on fol 133*; 46, on fol
137*, 46, on fol. 141*; 47, on fol. 148“ ; 48, on fol. 163* ; 49, on
fol. 161*, 50, on fol 167“, 61, on fol 171“ , 62, on fol. 176*; 63,
on fol I79«; 64, on fol 183*, 55, on fol 186*; 56, on fol 191“;
57, on fol. 196*, 58, on fol. 200*, 69, on fol 204“; 60, on fol
208«; 61, on fol 211“; 62, on fol. 212*; 63, on fol 214“ ; 64 on
fol 215*, 65, on fol 217*, 66, on fol 221«, 67, on fol 223*; 68,
on fol. 226“, 69, on fol. 230“; 70, on fol. 232*; 71, on fol 235“;
72, on fol. 237“ ; 73. on fol. 239“' 74, on fol 243*, 75, on fol.
246*; 76, on fol. 249*; 77, on fol. 261“, 78, on fol 263«; 79, on
fol. 266“, 80, on fol 266*, 81, on fol 258“; 82, on fol 268*; 83,
on fol 261“, 84, on fol. 262“ , 86, on fol 263*, 86, on fol. 264“ ,
87, on fol. 265*, 88, on fol 266*, 89, on fol 269“, 90, on fol.
270“; 91, on fol 271*; 92, on fol 272* , 93, on fol. 274“ , 94, on
fol. 274*, 96, on fol 276“; 96, on fol 277“; 97, on fol 277*;
98, on fol. 278* , 99, on fol 24^9“
Ends j ^ ,wl Af j
jXxiLi »
The catch-words found here are 1; i— !^l.
The commentary on the last fifteen Surahs is wanting.
The three volumes are written in NastaMiq by various hands.
The text of the Quran in the first volume and in a portion of the
second (foil. 1-181“), is written in red, and in the remaining portion
118
of the second and the whole of the third in black. Scanty notes^
are on the maigin
Not dated, apparently 19th century.
Each volume bears the seal of Muntazim-ul-Mulk Muhsin-ud-
Daulah Faridun Jah Sayyid Mansur ‘Ali Khan BahMur Nusrat
Jang, the late Nawwab of Mur«hidabad
No 155.
foil 144, lines 13, eize8x4J, of x 3
TAFSiR-I-BA‘T) AYAT.
A very defective copy of a commentary on some selected
verses of the Quran relating to the various points of the Sufic
doctrine based on the Hadis The copy is defective at the begin-
ning as well as towards the end, and neither the titl§ of the work
nor the name of the author can be found. On the margin of
fol I'* it is endorsed
It opens abruptly thus —
and breaks oft with the words -
. . . O^il (>4^
Written in clear Nasta'liq The text of the Quran, written
in red, is in large Naskh
Not dated, apparently 19th century
No. 156.
foil. 94 , lines 12 , size 6X4, 4| X 2|
A collection of treatises on the correct reading and reciting of
the Quran
I. Foil. 1^-4^ A poetical tract, written for one ‘Abd-ur-Ra’uf
Beginning —
Written in good Nastaliq by Sayyid ‘Abd-ul-Majid of Pand-
wah for Munshi Muhammad Sa‘di Sahib of the same place
Dated 6th Jumada IT , A H. 1223
II. Foil. 7“-20^ -Another poetical tract
Beginning . —
LjyjJ) jUuo
bx))
119
T?i the colophon it is called ^;hJI
Written in ordinary Nim Shikastah by Shaykh Madin-Ullah
Ja‘fari.
Dated Kabi‘ II , the 27th regnal year ^
III. Foil. 23^^-35. Another tract, called in the colophon
Beginning —
* ... ^/yJUJJ 4I1
Written in the same hand as the piecoding tract. The Arabic
quotations, in larger Naskh, are written with all vowels.
IV. Foil. 36«-49«. A similar tract by Nusrat bin ‘Umar alias
Iskandar. t — ^ Written by the sciibe of the
preceding copy. Dated 16th Jumada I , the 28th regnal year ^
V Foil 51«-60^. This tract, called , was com-
posed by Nur-ud-Din Qari during the time of the
Emperor Jahangir (A H. 1014-1037 == A D 1605-1628). Written
by the scribe of the preceding tract.
Beginning —
VI Foil 63^. A tract entitled by Sayyid Qasim
‘All, composed in Shawwal, A.II. 1196 = A D. 1781,
at the request of his uncle Muhammad Afad-ud-Din ul-Hasani
The first six folios are written in good Nasta‘liq and the re-
maining in Nim Shikastah hand
Dated 9th Rabi‘ II, the 27th regnal year (the corresponding
A.H. given in the colophon here is vague and illegible) correspond-
ing with 1192 Bengali year.
(4) Traditions of Muhammad and the Imams.
No. 157.
foil. 1 4 ; lines 1 8 ; size 9j- X 6 , 6,} X 3^-.
TARJUMAH-I-SAD KALIMAH.
A Persian paraphrase of the popular hundred sayings ot ‘Ali
bin Abu Talib, by the celebrated poet Ra^iid-ud-Din Watwat,
who held the post of Chief Secretary under Atsiz
(AH 536-561 = AD 1140-1156) and his son Il-Arslan (AH.
120
661-668 = A.D 1 156-1 172) ot the ffliwarazm Shahi dynasty, and
died in AH. 578 = AD 1182.
Beginning : —
^ • *
at i^JLail j <JUjo C-.5U..0I j . — iUaJI 4 i) J- 6 ^)
Tt IS dedicated (fol. 2«) to Sultan Shah Abul Qasim Mahmud,
son of il-Arslan ^^warazm Shah
The prose paraphrase^ of each saying is followed by a Qit‘ah
of two verses.
A metrical translation of some of these sayings written in a
later hand on the margins, begins thus on fol. 2«.
* uf'
Dr. Rieu, n, p 563, notices a paraphrase in Persian quatrains
by the said poet, dedicated to the same Sultan Shah, w^hich, he
adds, was edited by Fleisher in 1837
A beautiful copy. Written in elegant Nasldi within gold and
coloured-ruled borders with an illuminated head-piece.
The headings are written in red on gilt and floral designed
ground
Not dated, apparently 17th century.
No. 158.
foil. 266; lines 20, size lljx7|, 8JX4|.
SHARH-T-DtWAN-I-‘ALf
A Persian commentary upon the Arabic Diwau of ‘Ali bin
Abu Talib, by Husayn bin Mu‘in-ud-Din ul Maybudi, with the
taWiallus Mantiqi d
who was put to death by order of Shah Isma‘il in Yazd, AH. 910
= A D 1504. It was completed according to the concluding lines
in Safar, A H. 890, the year 406 of the Jalali era (== A.D 1486).
Beginning —
^ Ij J LlJjtxw
The preface is followed by a long prolegomena on meta-
physical, psychological, and mystical m^atters divided into seven
sections called They are often found as a separate work
under the name of These seven sections are as
Follows ' —
121
1. iS { xl^ ^Lu jJ iisxjU (the true
path followed by the elect), on fol 3^.
2. j ^Ixj is^Sb (God’s essence), on fol 11^.
3 j Lj-cuI jJ <iiJb Isdb (God’s names and attributes), on
fol. 17^
4 (the “ greater- man,” i e. the ma-
crocosm), on fol 23^.
i^jij (the “lesser man,” i.e. the micro-
cosm, on fol. 34«.
0. j cuyj jj <u.oLw isvjb (Prophecy and Saintship), on
fol 43«.
7 j jljoLw iisob (the preroga-
tives of ‘Ali and the history of his life), on fol. 55".
The following abbreviations used in the prolegomena as well
as in the commentary can be explained as follows . —
^ == 1 i^he commentator Maybudi
Ss most probably a mist^e for i.e Muhyi-
^ ud-din ibn ‘Arabi ^
j i e. Shay^ Mahmud ghabistari.
Jb (negligently written is) = Ja^Uw, i e Hafiz of Shiraz
c/o (negligently written (^) = c>3^b Ibn-i-Farid
^ 1 e. the Ma.nawi of Jalal-ud-Din Rumi.
The commentary on ‘All’s Diwan begins thus on fol. 69« . —
^J| fUtS]
« j ^
Written in ordinary Nasta‘liq with casual corrections on the
margin
The donor of this library says in a note on the fly-leaf that
he purchased this MS for Rs 5/- only
Not dated, apparently 18th century.
No 159.
foil. 131; lines 21, size 7fX5, 6fX|.
TARJUMAH-T-SHAMATL-UN-NABI.
A Persian commentary on the Shama’il-un-Nabi of Abi ‘Isa
Muhammad bin ‘Isa bin Saurah Tirmidi (d A H 279 = A.D. 892)
16
122
treating of the personal features, manners, practices and characters:
of the prophet, by^ Haji 4X11
(fol 131«), wlio completed it in Jumada, AH. 988 =
AD 1580,
Beginning . —
The commentator was a pupil of Shayldi Shihab-ud-Din Ahmad
bin Hajar ubMakki (d. A H 973 = AD. 1565), who also wrote a
commentary on the Shama’il-un^Nabi, cf fol 2^ The original
work has been printed in Calcutta, A H. 1252, with a
Hindustani translation entitled
Written in learned but ungraceful Nasta‘liq within coloured-
ruled borders with occasional emendations on the margin written
in the same hand as the text
Not dated, apparently 16th century
No. 160.
foil 282 , lines 2 1 , size X 6 , 6| X 3
TARJUMAH-I-QUTUB SHAHI.
A Persian translation of, and detailed commentary on, the
famous Forty Traditions ( ) of Baha-ud-Din Muham-
mad ul-‘Amili (d. A.H. 1030 = AD 1620), by Muhammad bin
‘All, better known as Ibn-i-Khatim ul-‘Amili » — ^
^LcUJI who wrote it at the desire of Sultan Muham-
mad Qutub Shah bin Qutiib^ah of Golconda (A H 989-1020 =
AD 1581-1611).
Beginning
A detailed index of the contents occupies the first fourteen
folios of the MS,
The forty traditions are — -
fol 17^. iaA^i. ^ v—
fol, 28^ ^ dJ
fol. 37^.
123
fol 41“
dj A^j ^1 ^ ^xL<j^} ^x3 jij I ^ jAjx.
^1 j^j ^LitLcj j <j.iui^
fol. 65'> ^-u.1
f, 74^. ^.4*)ww L ^ jAjw
f , 82^ y
h 89«. ^Uj ^0 <^-'J.^
f. 90^. f^LJiycj isLo u— jyJi j jO L »■ ^ jAa.
f. 103“ (..«Ca,(.j^ j ^
f 105“. <Ji;^ y"^ (^‘^3^
f , 1 1 1“ ^ ^ J^] Jl^ L ^ ^iSA~
f, 115^, L-i5^ 3^ ^ ^ ^.Ua AXjJ ^StiJ^^juju L ^ J\\:x~
^ Axe ^Ul)I ^ c *^) I ^ i_ < *'‘^-^**' L ♦
f, 119“, Litiol ^ ^iCi2k.
t 124“. |»iLl3 ^j:^LcI jl
L AXc jUjI ^ c "^) ^
f. 129“
IJ
f, 130“. ^ ^1 ^1U*JI ^^YiM i^stj^Jiit
jl b Jo^jLI j ^^Xx^ sS ^b jJ ^jcsxjJb
f. 146^
aS Aj ^^bjJj.A. b ^lUJl aAc
f. 144^ jy vXjL)
^1 J A^e idUnl fj ui^.y7..?^ t t-
h3 ^ ^^lia ^Xuwl^^ liXkM ^
^ ;^y>o I
f 148“. <i/ ^
^i/*^ J ^ u—
aJJ J JuJLc 4iil
f 154“. ^I J 1^,?
^ ^if
f 162^. Axe ajjl
f 171“. iibf jl ^ jy y^j y
124
f. 17 la.
44^ v-r* J
^(jJ 4iil (U^b
ji/ jJ
f. 173^
^X*M J ^ ^Ujf L ^^Jl.A±iJ LJl^^ 5W ^J^Ai ^
f. 177^. L
wj .? (i/'^Jf-^ ^:. - ^ ,
f 185^ \ji^***^ ^xsoL^ j^y’^ i j J^i ^ c ?
aIjC 4JL)1 'wS'^ (^/it^J^^ yii^^ ^Xa». |^A.*iJb ^
f 192^. »1^ Ij N
^1 N y^ ^ ^ y — „
f 193^. jL) ^Jl^ ^ aJI j <iL^ 4!&I ^^^JL£»y^5Ukj c->Ub ^
^L*^ ^ <Ul ^ 4X)1 i,_c-tr^ 1*^ c^
f 194^ ^
*»— L
<ILXiI
(^ - ^ L c**^
f 216^. ^9\^
kXJt ^AJUaO ^ Ha>aJ I ^ ^ JkJ t) ^ ^
aIswI ^ b c) ^ LOb) jl l*^bi ^Jsibbl^.) ^ ^ bt3
f 219&. Jj
f. 222^^ i*j*^y^ oLii ui>Lxj} ^b) j
i^y^)y^ ^^bi V^b c-jI^j
f. 223^. cijI^^I |►'***‘>^
^ ^IU3 jy -? v-5-"^
f. 225«. v3^I <u ^j;L*o) aj JIa.
4X)I ^ K3EV^ ^aa^ j ^ ^MJ
^boj J^bjl J ly^^sxil J j(j^ iJj^b S,XC
f 232«. ^I AJ
f. 241« (J-6X jl l^bjb ^
f, 261^ AyJ ^i3 ^A*\Jt) j
f. 261® dy« (Jlytf j ^y» (^lbXc^^«3^J l»y j ^ ^
f. 2752». ey^;0 v^
125
Written in a very neat and fceautifnl minute Nasta‘liq within
gold and coloured-ruled borders on greyish-blue papers with a
beautifully illuminated head-piece The text of the Hadis (in red)
is written in larger Naskh with vowels The original folios have
been mounted on new margins. The top -corners of foil. 120-282
are stained with water
Not dated, apparently 18th century
No. 161.
foil, 181; lines 30; size 12Jx7|; 9X4J.
cr
SHARH-T-KAFI
A Persian commentary on Abu Ja‘far Muhammad bin Ya‘qub
bin Ishaq ur-Razi ul-Kulini*s (d. AH 328 or 329 = A.D 939 or
940) famous k%i‘ah traditional work > by Mulla Khalil ibn-
ul-Gazi ul-Qazwini ^ AH. 1089 =
A D. 1678), who wrote it at the request of his royal patron ^hah
‘Abbas II of Persia (A. H 1052-1077 = AD 1642-1667).
An index to the whole Arabic work is given on fol, 18^ ,
according to that it is subdivided into thirty-three books { u.>(aI )
or even into thirty-four, if the is added, but it, accord-
ing to another authority, does not really belong to the These
thirty -three books are as follows —
1. ; 2, ; 3. , 4. L-5UI
5 /UjJI ; 6. 7. ,
8, u.>UI ; 9 I , 10. ; 11.
12. a^jJl , 13 ujjtxX, 14. ^csxfl ujtxl , 15, c^CS^,
16. vUI, 17. 18. cjIH; 19.
^^1; 20. u->UI ; 21. i^j^J ; 22. ujUI
23 24. v.jUr; 25, j
j; 26. ; 27. bLoyi ; 28. ;
29 oUI ; 30. c.>LjJI 31. ; 32. ljUI
^ blAsJI; 33. j j l^ISS. The commen-
tator remarks here that Tusi m his Fihrist enumerates including
the only thirty books, and gives the following explana-
126
tion. Tusi has entirely omitted the olXl’ (book 7) and the
(book 18) , he has besides counted as one book the
sy^lail LjfiSS and the l-sU/, and equally as one the
and the c-jUl' (which form here four books altogether, viz
8, 9, 23, and 24)
The present commentary, comprising however only books 1,
2, 6, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10, is extant in three volumes bound separately
Vol I containing the first two books, the (fol lO^'^)
and the (fol. 7U^), begins thus with a preface —
if ^ Z" iAJcp.ir ^
In the concluding line the cojnmentator says that he com-
pleted the second book ( ) on Wednesday, tlie 24th of
Muharram, A.H 1006 = A. D 1655.
No. 162.
foil 154 lines and size same as above.
Vol. II.
This volume, comprising books 5, 6, and 7, viz, oUi'
(fol 1^), (fol 98«), and ^ausJI (fol. 129«)
begins thus — /
« ^ iXo^l
The commentator says in the beginning that after finishing
the commentary on the first four books, he commenced this com-
mentary on the fifth book UoJI In the conclusion he in-
forms us that he finished the seventh book on Thursday, the 27th
of JumMa, A H 1069 = A. D 1658.
No. 163.
foil. 168, lines and size, same as above.
Continuation of the preceding copy.
This volume containing the commentary on the 8th, 9th, and
10th books of the ^9^, viz (fol. 1^) , (fol
55«), andyUasJI olxl (fol. 80»), begins thus —
127
The commentator states in the beginning that he commenced
to write this commentary on the in Shawwal, AH. 10*64 —
A.D. 1653, completed the first seven books in five years, and began
the eighth ( ) in A H. 1069 = A D 1 658. The concluding
line says that the commentary on' the (book 10) wa-
finished on Saturday, the 23rd of Rajab, A H 1070 = A.D 1650
The commentary was lithographed at Lucknow, 1891
All the volumes are written by one soiibe in beautiful minute
Nastt within gold and coloured-ruled borders, with an illuminated
head-piece at the beginning of each volume.
The Arabic text is overlined red The text is introduced by
the word the commentary' by and the explanation by
A seal of a certain Zayn-ud-Din Ahmad Khan Bahadur, datinl
A H 1229, IS found in all the Volumes
Tiie colophon of the first volume is dated A.H. 1070
No. 164.
toll. 233 , lines 13 , size 8^ X 7 , 6\ X 4,
KUHL-UL-JAWAHIR.
A work on the prerogatives of ‘Ali treating of his miracles
noble deeds and qualities, etc , based on the Quran, Hadig and the
sayings of holy persons The author, evidently a staunch Shi ‘ah
gives ‘All undue preference over the other three Khalifs and heap«
insults upon them and their followers —
Beginning —
* J]
The name of the author or the title of the work is not giver
in the text, but m an endorsement on fol. L* it is called
The copy is defective towards the end and breaks off abruptly
with the words —
* ^Ui| 111 ^
Written in ordinary Indian Ta‘liq
Not dated, apparently 19th century.
128
(5) Asceticism and Sufism (Prose works). (For
Poetical works see Poetry).
No. 165.
foil. 296; lines 17, size llfX7i, 9^X44.
KANZ-US-SALIKIN
An ethico-mystical work containing religious teaching, moral
precepts and pious observances, from a Sufic standpoint, inter-
mixed with quotations from the Quran, Hadis, sayings of holy men
and poets, the spiritual meaning of which is developed in prose
and occasionally illustrated by some apologue or anecdote, by the
well-known Sufic author Khwa^ah Abu Tsma‘il ‘Abd Ullah Ansari
ul-Harawi, yl who was born
AH. 396 = A.D 1005, and died A H 481 = AD 1088.
Beginning —
(
^ J J ^^U.11 4JU L3s.6.s\i)
^ 4Jjf jLvc L
* ^11 4JjI
It IS divided into twenty-five chapters.
An index of the contents is given at the beginning of the MS
Written in clear Indian Ta‘liq with rubrications, with a few
additions and emendations on the margins
Not dated, apparently 19th century.
No 166.
foil 439; lines 23 , size 8J X 4J , 6^X3.
I
^ KtMIYA-I-SA‘ADAT.
A very valuable copy of the popular ethico-mystical work
treating of the religious and moral obligations of a true Muslim,
the external and the spiritual lives, man’s duty to God, the quali-
ties conducive to salvation, etc etc., by Muhammad bin Muham-
129
mad ul>Oazali ut-Tusi ^ who was born
A,H. 450==A.D 1058, and died A.H. 505 = A.D 1111.
Beginning —
j S^iXw/ ^
* j
This work, which may be considered as a popular abridgment
of the author^s own Arabic work to which he refers
in the preface to the present work, and the arrangement of which
it follows, IS divided into a preface and four books ( ), each of
which comprises ten chapters ( J.^1 ). The preface itself is sub-
divided into four chapters ( ) A detailed description of the
contents is given on fol. 4«
It has been printed m Calcutta, without date, and litho-
graphed in Lucknow AH 1279 and 1282, and in Bombay 1S83
Written in a very beautiful minute Naskh within gold and
coloured-ruled borders, with a profusely illuminated and luxuri-
ously decorted double-page ‘Unwan m the beginning. The third
and the fourth Rukn begin with a beautifully illuminated frontis-
piece The Arabic quotations and the divisions are written in
gold, blue and red.
The scribe a.xlaU) » juLii) say.s that
he completed the transcription on Monday the 1 2th of Rabi‘ I ,
A H. 903
A note on fol 439^ says that this copy was transcribed from,
and collated with, the author's copy
A very valuable copy, written mostly m the author’s hand, is
preserved in the Bankipur Library
No. 167.
foil 277, lines 17, size 10X6|^, 7|X41
THE SAME
A defective and damaged copy of the preceding work The
MS. is defective at the beginning and opens abruptly with the
words lujUw ...
corresponding with line 11, fol 4«, of the preceding copy.
Written in a very clear Indian Ta‘liq, except the first six
folios which are written in ordinary Ta‘liq. Several folios are
loosened and many pasted over with thick patches
Not dated, apparently 18th century
17
130
No. 168.
foil. 132, lines 25, size ll|x7i; 9iX5|.
THE SAME.
A still more defective copy of the same work Folios are
missing at the beginning as well as towards the end It opens
abruptly with the words —
corresponding with line 18, fol 4^, of copy No 166 and breaks off
in the concluding portion bf the third Rukn, with the followmg
words ^ corres-
ponding with line 21, fol 305«, of copy No. 166
Written in ordinary but legible Indian Ta‘liq. The upper
portion of the latter half of the copy is worm-eaten and damaged,
but fortunately the text is not affected.
Not dated, 19th century.
No. 169
foil. 118; lines 15-21, size 9X5^, 6JX3J.
ANIS-UL-ARWAH
Discourses of Kliwajah ‘Usman Haruni written down from
his lips by his disciple and successor the celebrated ^wajah
Mu‘in-ud-Din Chi^ti 633 = A. D.
1235), who established the Chidlti order in India.
Beginning —
^ 4JjI AjJiUJl ^ ajj klWsvJI
According to the preface these discourses were uttered in
twenty-eight successive sittings in the mosque of Owajah Junayd
at Bagdad. The sittings ( ) are as follows • —
fol. 4:^,
fol, 5^. ul^L^LLo
fol. 7®. tiy ^d^i] ^y^
131
tol. 12^. xjUi) ,^^^l^/<»
fol. 14^. JJJUIjI Jii ^SOLtM
foL 16®. xjlul ^\X/«y< ^Ijl ^v) |iXiiJb
fol. 18^. «j(X5! ^JJi^ i ijj ^0
fol, 20^. IJ jUljI v„^Aw.f ju> ^
fol, 22®, ^jUj! ^ j (
fol. 24®. ;0 ^SX*U (
fol 2 ib,
fol 25®. sjUjI jUi ^0 ,
fol. 27®. JSOLv-^l ^ AacoCi (
fol. 27^. xo(IjI
fol 28^ iJjtXjl v^acuoA.^ v._^ix.^5 ^0 -iu« ^AiJylLwi ,
fol. 29“. sjUjI j/ JL« } Ui'^ ;J ^SXww I
fol 30® (To Sneeze) <*.A>Jkc jj
fol 30^. i^jLIi) jUj c-fjb^.o ^sxMi y^
fol 32^. JijtXil ^^y^ ^SXMi
fol. 33?^ Ijj V — jj ^ ^ ,
fol. 34®. ^uyi^^ai^l jd J L-L-.avJO ^
fol 35® V .— j ^ * .>j.xkj ^
fol 35^. tViEuw,^ ^<0 ^jUuyj jj ^ '»«-^amvo I
fol. 36®. yA3 J ^ ^
fol. z6. <l33jb jI^O J LJ.^''mJJ ^
fol. 36^^ ^
fol. 37®. s^yx ^wit> ^ ^
, MA.lap.v«
Written m careless Indian Ta'liq with the headings in red.
The copy is full of clerical mistakes.
Dated 1164 Bengali year
The above treatise is followed by a fragment of a theological
work (foil. 39-118) dealing with Muhammadan ecclesiastical law,
comprising purification or ablutions, prayers, alms, fasting and
pilgrimage, chiefly based on the traditions of the Prophet.
It opens abruptly : —
132
and breaks off —
jtyLj^h I ^j(.;sx^ jl
# \mm!>]y^
... £j}jJb j ^ ^ ^ . n j jii j yiy4iu>X/C )i,yj^i}
Written in minute Ta‘liq with the Arabic quotations over-
lined in red
Not dated, apparently 19th century
The MS. IS separated from the original binding and is in a
damaged condition.
No 170.
toll. 119, lines 15, size 9X5; 5|^x«4.
RAHAT-UL-QULUB.
Discourses and teachings of the celebrated saint Farid-ud-Din,
surnamed Ganj-i-Shakar (d A H G64 = A D 1265), taken down
from his lips by his disciple Nizam Ahmad Bada’uni
The date of completion of the work, given in the preface,
IS Wednesday, the 16th ot Rajab, A.H 656 = A. D. 1258.
Beginning —
Written in clear Nastadiq within coloured-ruled borders.
Dated 10th Jumada, AH. 1020.
Scribe — 4)j1 Ss,
No. 171.
foil. 112, lines 12, size 6Jx4J, 4jx2|.
NUZHAT-UL-ARWAH.
A Sufi work in mixed prose and verse treating of the nature
and rules of the spiritual life, illustrated by anecdotes and sayings
of holy men, by Husayn bin ‘Alim bin Abul Hasan ul-Husayni
133
yl ^ ^ (d. A.H. 718 == A.D. 1318), who
completed it according to the concluding lines (fol. 112«) in A.H
711== A.D 1311
The work begins thus after a short prolegomena of five lines
by a different person . —
UJy> J J(j‘ JCa. LJy 4lj
e/ e/
after which the usual beginning of the work reads thus —
The work is divided into 28 chapters.
Written in ordinary Na8ta‘liq.
Dated 7th ^ia‘ban, A H 1066
Scribe —
• The MS IS worm-eaten in some places.
INo 172
foil 287; lines 15; size 10Jx7|, 6fx3i.
lity
SHARH-I-NUZHAT-UL-ARWAH.
A commentary on the preceding work by ‘Abd-ul-Wahid
Ibrahim completed A H. 985 — AD 1577.
Beginning —
The commentary begins on fol 2«
Written m ordinary Indian Ta‘liq on papers of various colours
within coloured-ruled borders The text is over-lined in red
The MS. ends with th<' commentary on the following verse
belonging to the latter portion of the 27th chapter, corresponding
with line 1, fol. 109^, of the preceding copy —
cji jL> jL< * J.l;i ^
In order to give an air of completeness to the MS., a colophon,
dated 6th Sha‘ban, A.H. 1258, with the scribe’s name ^
is added at the end.
134
No. 173.
foil. 643, lines 17, size 10|x7; 6fx3J
FASL-UL-KHITAB
An encyclopaedia of Sufic lore, containing extracts from the
works of the greatest Arabic and Persian mystics, with an account
of the lives, deeds and sayings of the Prophet, the Khalifs, the
twelve Imams and the renowned saints and mystics, based upon
the most authentic Sunni sources, to the exclusion of Shi‘ah tradi-
tions, which are re]ected as arrant heresies, by Muhammad bin
Muhammad bin Mahmud ul-HMzi ul-BuMiari, commonly known
as i^iwajah Muhammad Parsa ^
<)u » (d A.H 822 = AD 1420)
Beginning, on fol 123^ —
L AjIjI j ^ ^ JWI ail *l-6as:vi!
*
The work is preceded by a glossary on it , comprising foil. 13-114.
An index of the contents of the work followed by a separate
index of the names of the persons occurring in the work is given
on foil 115^-120^ The interesting documents on mysticism, con-
tained in the work, are fully described m Flugel, in , p 421 A bio-
graphical notice of the author, extracted by the donor from the
Nafahat of Jami, the Rashhat of Husayn ul-Wahz ul-Ka^ifi and
the I‘lam-ul-Akhbar of Mahmud-ul-Kafawi, is given on fol 1« and
again on fol 121«f
A valuable copy of the work, dated AH 846, is preserved in
the Bankipur Library.
Written in ordinary Indian Ta‘liq at the desire of the donor
Maulavi Sayyid Sadr-ud-Din Ahmad, by Talib-ur-Rahman of Man-
gal Kothi. Dated Friday, the 4th of Assin, 1297 Bengal year.
No. 174.
foil. 256, lines 19, size 9JX7; 6|x4.
' TAHQIQAT
A dogmatic work on the principles and doctrines of Sufism,
with an exposition of the nature and different stages of the Sufic
road ( ) and of spiritual life in general, including a mystical
135
explanation of the letters of the Arabic alphabet and ninety-nine
attributes of God.
Beginning : —
m ^jJI 4il
Neither the title of the work nor the name of its author is
given in the text, but in an endorsement on fol. apparently
belonging to the same period as the MS. itself, it is called the
Tahqiqat of Khwajah Ptoah, evidently identical with the same
Muhammad bin Muhammad bin Mahmud ul-Hafilzi ul-Buldiari,
commonly known as ^iwajah Muhammad Parsa, noticed in the
preceding No
The endorsement written in red Nasldi runs thus —
( <— ? )
* ^
The MS IS written by different hands —
Foil. in careless Nas'di and Nasta‘liq
Foil. 9«-40^ in ordinary Nasta‘liq
Foil 41«-136^ in good Nasta‘liq
Foil. 137^-256^^ in the same hand as the first eight folios
Marginal notes and emendations are occasional The follow-
ing note at the end savs that this MS was compared with a copy
belonging to
^ ^
U-X'Ia) L—
# (IU:SW2a 5 ajjl jy ^yC
Dated, Rajab, A.H. 1023.
The margins of the folios, mostly of the latter half of the MS.,
are worm-eaten
No. 175.
foil 440, lines 21, size 122x8|, 9x5j.
gjLlaJ
LAFATF-I-ASHRAFl.
The discourses of Sayyid A^raf Jahangir Simnani, who came
to Bengal, became a disciple of ‘Ala ul-Haqq Lahauri BangMi (d.
136
A.H 784 = A. D. 1382), and finally settled in a village near Jaun-
pur, where he died shortly after A.H. 840 = A.D. 1436, collected
by his disciple Nizam-un-Din Yamani, who calls himself in the
preface
Beginning : —
* j 4X1
It is divided into a Muqaddimah, sixty Latifahs, and a Khati-
raah, described on foil 3^-5«.
Written in bold Indian Ta‘l]q within coloured-ruled borders.
The copy is collated throughout and is full of corrections, emenda-
tions, and marginal notes
Foil. 98-99 and 381-388 are bound upside down The last
five folios really belong to the 52nd Latifah
The scribe says that he transcribed
the copy at the desire of and
Dated A.H 1108.
No. 176.
foil. 245, lines 15, size 8J x 5 , 6x3.
MAKTIJBAT-I-A8HRAF.
Letters of the same Sayyid A^raf Jahangir-us-Simnani,
edited by his successor Haji ‘Abd-ur-Razzaq ul-Hasani ul-Husayni
us-Simnani ul-Jilani, m A.H 869 = AD 1464
Beginning —
1 ^ ^ 4JJ
The letters, a full table of which is given on foil. 2^-8^, are
75 in number. The headings of the last two letters are wanting
The two appendices, viz (1) A Khatimah, consisting of genea-
logical tables, showing the spiritual filiation of the saints from
Muhammad to the time of the composition, and (2) A Takmilah,
consisting of a manual of general history, from the earliest times
to the period of A^raf, found in the British Museum copy, is
wanting in this MS.
The first nine folios are written in good Nasta‘liq and the
remaining portion of the MS. in careless Ta‘liq
Not dated, apparently 19th century.
137
No. 177.
foil 385 , lines 25 , size 9| X 6 , 6 J X 3J.
aUl (3^
MAKTUBAT-I-‘ABD ULLAH QUTB.
A very rare, old, and extremely valuable copy of about four
hundred letters of mystic tendency on various topics of religion,
theology and law, philosophy, moral teaching, and mystic theoso-
phy, by ‘Abd Ullah Qutb bin Muhyi ^ 41)1 sxc to
his spiritual brethren.
Beginning —
A}] ^JI ^ ^'b.9 4jijl ^
* (joI^A) ^ ^ 4l)l LJlj -
Dr Ethe in his India Office Lib Cat No 1881 (where a copy
of this work is noticed), expresses his doubt about the period dur-
ing which the author flourished He mentions several names to
whom the letters are addressed and remarks thus * — “If the first-
named Afdal-ud-Din Muhammad . . . should be identical w^th
the father of ‘Abd-us-8amad, Afdal Muhammad, who died A H
1003 = A D 1594, we would have a certain basis for fixing the
time in which the author of these letteis flourished . In
the letters themselves there is not the slightest date or hint about
‘Abd Ullah Qutb’s life ”
The follov ing particulars are, however, the result of a careful
survey of the MS under notice —
The full name of the author of these letters as given by him-
self on fol 6^ IS — .kj yl
^ 1 ( , the last word seems to be a mistake
for
On the same tolio he gives us the following date of a catena
(Isnad) written bv him — Friday, the 4th of ilabi‘ I , AH. 891
= AD 1486
On fol 353<^ IS an Arabic Qasidah which the author com-
posed on Thursday, the 20th of Ramadan, A.H 893 = A D 1487
Fol 339« A letter addressed to Shaykh Muhibb-ud-Din
Muhammad, dated Friday, 11th Rajab, A.H 888 = A. D. 1483.
The names of the persons, to whom the letters are generally
addressed, are as follows —
‘ u/0 '
18
13 $
- Js4.S\>« JLo^ - J^SX^ 1*^-^
^^i_^isvo - kyd>csv« “ ijjiu)
I
j^jJI Jj.j - k^.6.sx^ J^sx^ - 4i)l^^> ^jJu - 4 Jl)I
- ^I J.jJLL - ciu>.sv^ and others.
The references found in the work are Muhyi-ud-Din Tbn-ul-
‘Arabi (d AH 656== AD 1258), Farid-ud-Din ‘Attar (d AH.
627==AD 1229), Jalal-ud-Din Rumi (d AH 672 = A.D 1273);
Imam ‘Abd Ullah Yafi‘i (d A H 768 = A D 1366) , Sa‘di Shirazi
(d A H 690 = A D»1291), Hafiz of Shiraz (d A H 791 = A.D.
1388) The special headings of some of the letters enumerated in
Ethe loc. ctt., are not found in this copy Although the Sufic
order to which the author belonged, can not be ascertained, it
would appear from these letters that his authority on the subject
was very high and that he himself was a Sufi of a very exalted
position
Written in beautiful learned Nasta'liq within gold and coloured-
ruled bordeis with an illuminated, but now faded, head-piece
The MS seems to be slightlv defective towards the end where
it suddenly breaks off with the heading of a letter addressed to
Rukn-ud-Din Hasan —
j dXJj ^il 4Xll ^
. ... 0 bo I -
The folios, mounted on new margins, are loosened or detached
in many places
Not dated, apparently 1 6th centuiy
No. 178.
foil. 372 , lines 19 , size 9J X 6 , 7x4
CuloLoi
IBADAT-UL-KHAWAS
A compendium of Muhammadan theology, law and Sufism,
containing directions of a decided Sufic tendency relating to prayers,
religious observances, based upon the precepts of the Prophet and
other holy men and moral conduct, by the famous Shaykh Muhibb-
Ullah of Ilahabad diil jlu) who died there A H.
1058 = AD 1648
The copy is defective and full of gaps and many a hiatus.
The top corners of the first fourteen folios, supplied lately, have
139
been left blank and several folios are missing at the beginning.
It opens abruptly thus —
Hi. J t — jAlaciJ jil
In the conclusion the author tells us that he commenced to
write the work on the 27th of Ramadan, A H 1051 = A.D 1641,
but that he became ill on the 8 th of Muharram, A.H. 1052 = A T)
1652 He, however, set to work again and finished the composition
on the 11 th of Rabi‘ I , A H 1053 = A D. 1653.
Spaces for headings are left blank throughout the copy.
Written in different hands —
Foil. 1-188, in careless small Ta‘liq inclined to Nim Shikast
Foil 180-220, bold fair Nasta‘liq
Foil 221-305, the same as foil 1-188
Foil 306-372 large careless Ta^iq inclined to Naskji
Dated Friday, 11 th Safar, A H 1130
Scribe —
Occasional marginal notes The copy is worm-eaten in some
places
No. 179
foil 65 , lines 13 , size 6 ^ X 3| , 4J X I 4
SHATHIYYAT
Sufic aphorisms on mvstic doctrine, illustrated by the sayings
and deeds of eminent saints and mystics, by prince Dara Shikuh
(d A.H 1069 = AD 1658), who completed it, according
to the preface, in A.H. 1062 = A D 1651.
Beginning —
« ^ ^ sS
Each topic, consisting of a saying or deed of a saint or a mystic,
is called Jaii. Foil 1 and 2 are followed by an hiatus. Several
folios are also wanting at the end The title of the work could
not therefore be found in the text In an endorsement on fol 1^,
it is called oUsJsii.
The MS. breaks off with the following words —
^ ]j ||>A. ^ ^
V av.U*J ]\ ^ ^jSti xT
140
Written in good Nasta^Iiq within gold and coloured-ruled
borders with an ordinary illuminated head-piece
The MS. IS worm-eaten, mended and pasted over in many
places.
Not dated, apparently 18th century.
No. 180.
foil. 178, lines 19, size 10^X6; 7fX4
J I
NUR-UL-QULUB.
The discourses, spiritual teachings and miraculous deeds of
Sufj Abadani, who, according to this work (fol 36^), was born in
AH. 1151==:A.D 1738, and died (fol 119&) 18th Rabi‘ II , A H
1220 = A.D. 1805, together with an account of his spiritual guide
SJiaykh Muhammad Haya Sindhi (d. AH 1188== AD. 1774, cf
fol 34^), his followers, and descendants, and contemporary
Shaykhs, by his disciple Sayyid Amjad ‘Ali who
completed the work in A. H 1226 = AD 1811.
Beginning —
* Sj
The work begins with a short historical account of the Prophet
and the four early Khalifs It is divided into five chapters, each
of which IS sub-divided into several sections, enumerated on
foil 17^-18"
Written in ordinary Indian Ta‘liq on thick papers at the
desire of one Mirza Fayyad-ud-Din
Dated Friday, 1st Sha'ban, A.H., illegible The year of trans-
cription given here reads ^ probably 1206
No. 181.
foil. 47, lines 15; size 10X6J, 7jX4i.
MANAQTB-I-OAUglYAH.
A treatise on the prerogatives and the miraculous deeds of
the great saint ShayBi ‘Abdul Qadir Jilani (d. A.H. 561 = A D.
1165), by Muhammad SMiq Shihabi
141
Beginning : — ,
* cyL<iy jS}
Written in careless Indian Ta^iq
Not dated, apparently 19th century.
No, 182.
foil. 36 , lines 15, size 74x 5 , 51 X 2]
^ui jur
KAMAL-US-SALIKIN
A mystical tract containing some discourses and sayings of
ihah Ni‘mat Ullah Yamani ul-Jilani, who, according to an endorse-
nent on a fly-leaf at the beginning, was a disciple of the famous
levotee Farid-ud-Din surnamed SJiakarganj (d A H 664 = AD
L265), collected by his disciple K^hadim
Beginning —
j ^ .. Xbo
The discourses, which, according to the preface, were uttered
on various occasions, relate to various points of mystical doctrine
and maxims of Sufism, followed by the mystical meanings of the
99 attributes of God
Written in ordinary Ta‘liq.
Dated Tuesday, 26th Rabi‘ I (the year is not given), appar-
ently 19th century.
Scribe * —
No. 183.
foil. 153 , lines 13 , size 7x4, 5^x3
DURAR-T-NIZAMIYAH.
The discourses and utterances of the celebrated saint Nizam-
ud-Din Auhya (d. AH. 725 = AD. 1324), taken down from his
lips by one of his disciples, whose name, fol 17«, on account of a
stain, is only partly legible thus —
142
Beginning : —
,,, ^ ^ ^ JJu.:so
The well-known poet Mir Hasan’s collection of the saint’s
discourses, entitled Jl^l SjJy (Rieu, p. 972«), and another collec-
tion entitled ^ — .c^lj (Rieu, p 973^), are different from the
present collection
All the folios of the MS, are covered throughout with a kind
of thin paper, which in may instances renders the text indistinct
and even illegible.
Written in fair Nasta‘liq.
Not dated, apparently 19th century.
No. 184.
foil 97 , lines 13 , size 8 J X ; 6 X
MALFUZAT-I-S^HAYKH ‘ALA-UD-DAULAH
The discourses of the celebrated saint ghaykh ‘Ala-ud-Daulah
Simnani (d. A.H. 736 — A. D 1336), collected by Iqbal bin Sabiq
us-Sijistani. ^ I
Beginning —
j x^JLnil j l^Ui) j ^JUJ) 411
The work is not divided into chapters or sections.
Written in ordinary Indian Ta‘liq, within coloured-ruled
borders.
Not dated, apparently 19th century
No. 185
foil 148; lines 17, size9JX6; 6^X3
TARJUMAH-I-KHULASAT-UL-MAFATOIIR.
A Persian translation of *Abd Ullah Yaffil’s (d A.H 768 =
A D. 1366) i^ulasat-ul-MafaWiir, by an anonymous author. The
original work consists of two hundred stones, but only 193 are
found in this copy of the translation.
143
Beginning —
I (
4JL)) ... ^^yuJtjJI uJj jjij
^ I ^^yA,
These stones, which mostly refer to the great saint ShayMi
‘Abdul Qadir Jilani (d AH 561 = A D 1165), relate to the various
doctrines of Sufism Each story is preceded by the name of the
Shaytt on whose authority it is related.
There are many gaps throughout the copy The name of
ShayHi ‘Abdul Qadir is always written in red
Written in a very neat Nasta'liq
Not dated, apparently 19th century.
No. 186.
foil. 202, lines 14, size 7X4J, 4|X4J
^ aO LaJ 1
RAUDAT-US-SALIKIN
The discourses and sayings of the great saint Khwajah ‘Abd-ul-
Khaliq of 6u]dawan (near Buldiara), and of the celebrated Khwajah
Baha-ud-Din Naq^band, whose real name was Muhammad bin
Muhammad ul-Buldiari, the founder of the Naqshbandi order (d
A H 791 = A.D. 1389) The above-named Gujdawani was a pupil
of ^hwajah Yusuf Hamadani and died A.H 575 = AD. 1179.
These discourses were collected by ‘Ali bin Mahmud ul-Abiwardi
ul-Kurani ^ cf 1^
Beginning —
Scanty notes on the margin.
Written in fair but learned Nasta^iq on gummy papers,
pasted with patches in many places The margins have been
mended throughout Marginal notes are not infrequent.
Dated 3rd Sha'ban, A H 948
Scribe . — <dJI
Fol 1^ contained several seals and ‘Ard-didahs of the nobles
of the Timuride courts of India, but unfortunately almost all of
them have been effaced, disfigured or otherwise rendered illegible.
One seal however reads ijUujb jlj <ul. 2 w.
144
No. 187.
foil. 188; lines 13, size 7|-X4J, 6X3.
TARJUMAH-I-RISALAH-I-FAKHR-UL-HASAN
A Persian translation of Muhammad Fal^hr-ud-Din^s (who
according to this work, fol 3«, died on 27 Jumada IT, A H 1199
= A D. 1784, and was buried at Dihli near the tomb of IQiwajah
Qutb-ud-Din Bayitiyar Kaki) Arabic treatise, entitled
containing a Sufic interpretation of some points on
Muhammadan law and theology, such as, prayers, religious obser-
vances, moral conduct, etc , based upon the precepts of the Pro-
phet and other holy men, by Kalim Ullah bin San‘at Ullah <dJI
Beginning ~
The work is not divided into any sections or chapters.
Written in careless Indian Tafiiq on various coloured papers
The Arabic text is over-lined red
In the colophon the scribe says that he copied the
MS for one Hafiz Hasan
Not dated, apparently 19th century.
No. 188.
foil. ISO, lines 17, size 11|X7J; 8|-X4|-.
HAQA’IQ-UD-DAQA’IQ.
A Sufi work in prose and verse, by Ahmad Rumi
Beginning —
The work consists of eighty chapters, each of which begins
with a Quranic verse or Hadis, as a text, followed by a Persian
translation, and some appropriate quotations from the Ma»snawi
of Jalal-ud-Din Rumi. The spiritual meaning is then developed
111 prose, and afterwards illustrated by some apologue or anecdote,
in the same metre as the Ma^nawi.
145
Written in fair Nasta‘liq within red-ruled borders by Asad
‘All of Jaunpur, pupil of Anwar ‘Ali
Dated 28th Shawwal, AH 1272
No, 189,
foil 56, lines 13, size8|X5^; X 4
MAHFIL-I-‘ARIFAN.
A Sufi treatise in prose and verse, dealmoj with the doctrines
of spiritual life and the spiritual progress of the soul through its
various stages, by an anonymous author
Beginning —
The work consists of prose and poetical selections from other
works, eg. the Ma=inawi of Jalal-ud-Din Rumi, the Gulistan of
Sa‘di, the Diwan-i-SJiams-i-Tabriz, the Gul^an-i-Raz, the Zad-ul-
Musafirin, the Nuzhat-ul-Arwah, the Mantiq-ut-Tayr, the Majma‘-
ul-Bahrayn, etc , etc The spiritual meaning of each selected
passage or line is developed in prose It is divided into thirty
sections, called the headings of which are enumerated on
foil l^-2« , but the MS breaks off in the middle of 19th section
with the following words —
Written in ordinary Ta‘liq
Not dated, apparently 1 9th century
No. 190.
foil 102, lines 11, size6Jx4, 3fX2L
Collection of Sufi treatises
I Foil l-88« A religious tract, without any title, ascribed
in the colophon to the popular saint ^iwajah ‘Ubayd Ullah Ahrar
(b A.H. 806 = A D. 1403, d. A H. 895 = A.D.
1489), on the various stages of the mystic road and consisting of
invocations to God, followed by pious exhortations intended for
devotees
Beginning —
19
146
* ^1
The work is written in prose, mixed with verses and suitable
quotations from the Quran
Written in a very beautiful Nim-Shikastah hand within
coloured-ruled borders
The Arabic quotations, written in larger NasWi, are in red
The colophon says that the transcriptions was completed on
Monday, the 27th of Ramadan, AH 1110, the forty-third regnal
year of ‘Alamgir, at Peshawar, on the memorable occasion when
the army of Bahadur Shah reached that country.
Scribe — <jULfl
Dr. Ethe, Tnd Office Lib Cat No. 1919 (3), while noticing a
copy of the above tract, remarks thus — “ From some incidental
remarks we conclude that this treatise is due to ‘Ala-ud-Din
Muhammad Bukhari ‘Attar, the principal disciple of Baha-ud-Dm
Naq^ibandi, who died AH 802 == A D 1400, or at least taken
from his saymgs ” But in the following colophon, to which a
reference has been made above, the scribe, who was attached to
‘Alamgir, fully convinces us that the tract m question is due to
Khwajah ‘Ubayd Ullah Ahrar —
J ^ sJLuj jJt ^Uj
aJLII jl iiiAM J (read 11 I ♦) I I ♦ I ♦
^ ^ ^ C^bl J JuUaLw J aXL^ ^
^1 J ' — ^(SJJ HjJ ^JUx^ l^UU i^LJj dX
AJJ) ji )y^ c/^3 J***
....*• AlfciJ I ^ ^ dJ <dJ I ^ ^JJ I i\c^,^s\yo
II Foil 89«-93« A smaller tract on the nature and rules of
spiritual life explained according to the principles observed by
I^hwajah Baha-ud-Din Naq^band and his J^alifahs.
Beginning with a Ruba‘i —
jliXCo Li5^( — iMjsxj ^ jjy ^1
4J(>^ lUJb L)
Written by the same aJUI
Dated 28th of Ramadan.
147
III Foil 93«-97« Another mystical tract, inscribed
containing an explanation of the following Ruba‘i of the
celebrated Shayldi, Abu Sa‘id bin Abul Khayr, who died in A H
440 = A D 1048 by ‘Ubayd Ullah Mahmud u^-Sha^i aU!
w— aI j 'ij, lai; fj j. ^
Jj V., ^ j Jj t —
The explanation of the Ruba‘i is preceded by somewhat
detailed introductory remarks on mystical contemplation and
speculation
Beginning —
^ J ^xXsxi) 4JJ JsAiEwJl
The explanation itself begins on fol 96<^ —
iUj} u-JU4t^i) jaxil <J^
I ^LvjI j^c- ^ (^)y^ k3»x5ic(,,o>^
* it/'V
TV Foil 97^-100« A mystical explanation of some of the
sayings of the great ^aykh, Khwajah ‘Abd-ul-Khaliq 6ujdawani
(d A H 575== A D 1179) as interpreted by eminent Shaykhs
Beginning —
|iXw J 4 Jl)) (^X*^) Ai^uXdJb vXl) ^ 1
It IS dated (fol 100«), Pe^awar, the 21st Shawwal, AH 1110.
V Foil 10P>-102^. A special form of certain prayers and
invocation used by I^wajab ‘Abd-ul-Khaliq Oujdawani, JOiwajah
Baha-ud-Dm Naqshbandi, ^ayldi Bayazid Bust ami, Khwajah
Yusuf Hamadani, Shaykh x\bul Mansur Mataridi and Shaykh
Abul Hasan i^arqani.
Beginning —
* 4Jj1
All the tracts are written in the same hand by the same
Muhammad ‘Atiq Ullah of ‘Alamgir’s court.
148
(6) Prayers, Invocations, etc.
No 191
foil. 321, lines 16, 12ix6f , 8JX3|.
TARJUMAH-T-‘IDDAT-UD-DA1
A book of breviaries or collection of prayers and invocations
suitable for all occasions and occurrences in life, based on the
Qur«in, Hadis, and sayings of the Imams and holy men, translated
from the Arabic work of Abul ‘Abbas Ahmad bin Fahd
ul-Hilli by Nasir-ud-Din Muhammad bin ‘Abd-ul-Karim ul-An-
sari at the desire of Qaraq
Kliari, a noble of Shah Isma‘il Safawi I (A H 907-930 = A D
1502-1524)
There is some confusion regarding the date of death of Ahmad
bm Fahd, the author of the Arabic original. Ahlwardt, Brockel-
mann and several others place the author’s death m A H 627 =
A D 1229 , while the authors of the Raudat-ul-Jannat, the Kashf-
ul-Hujub and others fix his death in AH 841=^- AD 1437. Their
view IS supported by a statement in the colophon of the present
copy, where it is said that Ahmad bin Fahd completed the work
on the 26th of Shawwal AH 801 = A 1) 1398
Beginning —
The translation is mentioned in Ka^f-ul-Hujub, p. 117
Written m beautiful bold Naskh within gold and coloured
ruled borders with a beautifully illuminated head-piece and a
sumptuously decorated double page ‘Unwan
The MS IS not dated, but a note on fol 1« (partly pasted
over) bears the date AH 1076. The copy is pasted over with
thick patches in many places.
No. 192.
foil. 78; lines 17, size 9X6; 6^x3f.
K H IZANAT-UL-ASRAR,
A work on the peculiarities and supernatural power of par-
ticular verses of the Quran and the twenty-eight letters of the
149
alphabet, and of certain special prayers and invocations, by Ibn-i-
Baha-ud-Din ‘Ali Mazhar-ud-Din Muha^nmad ul-Qari
Jwd.:s:v>o
Beginning —
* ^ cy6^J|
We learn from the preface that in AH 916 = A. D 1510
Maulana ‘Abd-ul-‘Ali bin Muhammad Husayn wrote a work on
this subject m Persian which, as a matter of fact, he translated
from several Arabic works , but as t was void of any systematic
order of the Quranic verses, the present author wrote this work
A H. -962 = A D 1554, arranging the verses in the order in which
they stand m the Quran with descriptions of the peculiarities and
the supernatural power of each of them It is divided into twenty
chapters, described in the beginning The copy is defective
towards the end and breaks oft m the middle of the last chapter.
There are several lacunae in consequence of a large number of
folios missing from the copy
Wiitten in a learned Nastadiq with rubrications Additions
and emendations are frequently found on the margins.
The copy is worm-eaten but the text is not affected
Not dated, apparently 1 7th century .
No, 193.
foil 131, lines 11 , size 6|x4’ , 4x2.
4h1b-t-‘abbasl
A rhetorical treatise, translated from Baha-ud-Din ‘Amili’s
(d A.H 1030 or 1031 = AD 1620 or 1621) ‘^Miftah-ul-Falah,”
relating to the special invocations and prayers, in addition to the
usual daily worship, with definite and legular forms, distinctly
fixed for the several hours of the day and night
Translator Sadr-ud-Din Muhammad of Tabriz
Beginning —
♦ dS ^
It IS divided into the following six chapters —
lapj ^ 2.-^^ y (J^I cjb
fob 3^ c>)J job
160
foL 51®. Ojblapj G ^yibjl oO
I G iJi/ L-jli^l JljLj y Ljb
fol 63® i^jb b»j oGjI ^
Jjj jy jl
fol 81«
^b
^ k-, a..n) G
JL2CoI
fol. 95^
!i 1- Q ^ * y Asmj)
fol 103® J;/
Written in minute Naskh within gold and coloured-ruled
borders with an illuminated head-piece with scanty notes on the
margins
Dated Sha‘ban. A space for the year in which the transcnp
tion was made is left blank Apparently 17th century.
Scribe — 4 Jl)I
No. 194.
foil. 181; lines 16 size8JX4J, X 2^,
TARJUMAH-I-MTPTAH-UL-FALAH
Another Persian translation of Baha-ud-Din’s same Miftah-
ul-Falah, by Jamal-ud-Din Muhammad bin Husayn Khwansari
who dedicated it to Shah Safi
of Persia (AH 1038-1052 = A.D 1629-1642).
Beginning —
* ^ L1>^I J
In the preface the translator says that besides the translation
he has given on the margins notes and explanations (with which
the present copy is full) of the difficult passages used in the text
The translation, which follows the text, is written in red.
The marginal notes and explanations are written in small Naskh
Written in fair Nas^i.
Not dated, apparently 18th century
151
No. 195
foil 353, lines 10, size 7fX4|^, 6Jx3J.
MISBAH-UL-‘ABroiN
A work on the duty of special and extraordinary invocations
and prayers, for different months in addition to the usual daily
worship, with definite and regular forms fixed for the several
hours of the day and night, by Zayn-ul-‘Abidin dedi-
cated to Shah Safi of Persia (A H. 1038-1052 = A D 1629-1642).
Beginning —
It IS divided into a Muqaddimah (fol 3«), twelve Matlabs,
devoted to the twelve months of the year (fol 16«), and a ^^ati-
mah (fol 309^)
Foil l«-335^ contain similar prayers and invocations.
Written in fair Naskh within coloured-ruled borders with
rubrication and a faded head-piece The margins are worm-eaten.
Not dated, apparently 19th century
No. 196
foil 75, lines 13, size7Jx4J, 5jx2J.
KITAB-UL-AURAD.
A collection of prayers and innovations, attributed, in an
endorsement on a fly-leaf at the beginning, to the celebrated saint
and scholar Shaykh ‘Abd-ul-Haqq Dihlawi ^ ^ (^*
AH 1052 = AD 1642). ^
Beginning : —
A very neat copy Written in clear Nasta‘liq The Arabic
texts are written in large Naskh.
Dated 13th Ramadan, A.H. 1289.
Scribe —
The original work is followed by an Arabic tract (foil 57^-75^)
on the Muhammadan Law of Inheritance extracted frdm other
works.
152
Beginning . —
« Saa. L->J 4JlI vXaslv'I
Written in careless Naskh by Sayyid Sadr-ud-Din Ahmad of
Buhar
No. 197.
foil. 199, lines 16; size 10x6^; 6Jx3|.
^iUJl
MINHAJ-UL-FALAH.
A selection of prayers and invocations suitable to all occasions
and occurrences in life, with special references to those that are
connected with ablution, purification and daily prayer, by 'Ali
bin ^yiah Mahmud ul-Bafiqi
Beginning —
^ I
* LuUUaJ) 4X1
It is divided into a Muqaddimah, ten Babs, and a IQiatimah
A good copy. Written in clear Nasldi within gold and coloured-
ruled borders with lubrications The Arabic texts are written
with vowels
Dated 14th Shawwal, A H 1061
Scribe — I < jk KOk i\<6»sk^o.
No. 198.
foil 283, lines 16, size 7^X4f
c^ujl olj
ZAD-UL-MA‘AD.
A woik on prayers, religious rites and pious observances on
ordinary and special days, based on the precepts and sayings of
the Imams, by the well-known Shi‘ah doctor Muhammad Baqir
bin Muhammad Taqi Majlisi ^ yh (d
AH. 1110 = A.D 1698), who extracted it, A.H. 1105 = A D 1693,
from his larger work^ly)^)
Beginning —
I
* ^J| i{j(juJl Jj^ ^jJ) 4X1
This work, divided into fourteen chapters and a Khatimah,
has been lithographed m Teheran, A H 1244
163
Written in fair NasWi.
The text of the prayers is given with all the vowels
An autography copy, dated, Isfahan, Ramadan, A H 1107.
No, 199.
foil 20, lines 9, size 9X5f ; 4] X If
A very beautiful but defective copy of a Shi‘ah treatise on
prayers and on the mysterious influence and effect of special dates m
the several months, the separate days of the week and eclipses,
based on the sayings of the Imams, by the same Muhammad Baqir
bin Muhammad Taqi who died m A H 1110
=^AD 1698
Beginning —
41jl 4 JlI O'ArsJI
* JiL)
Folios are missing after foil 1, 3, and 11
Written m beautiful clear Nastafliq on gold-spnnkled papers
within gold-ruled borders with an illuminated head-piece
The original folios have been mounted on new margins.
Dated Thursday morning, 17th Rabi‘ I , A H 1133
Scribe —
No. 200.
toll 311, lines 14, size9X5j, 5^X3
A defective copy of a detailed work dealing with certain
prayers and innovations for special occasions and occurr^'nces in
life, with some rules and regulations to be observed in the per-
formance of religious and other duties, from the ghi'ite standpoint.
The copy is defective at both ends and the folios at the begin-
ing are hopelessly confused The name of the author, the title of
the work and the number of chapters cannot therefore be as-
certained
It opens abruptly thus with the last six lines of Chapter XI
^
after which Chapter XII begins thus jj ^ sS
y, This chapter breaks off on fol 10^ and is
followed by the latter portion of Chapter I on fol 1 1®. Chapter II
20
164
begins on fol 26& , III, on fol 35* , IV on fol. 42* ; V on fol. 50« ;
VI on fol. 59*, VII on fol 77«, VIII on fol 112*, IX on fol.
142® , X on fol. 164* , XI on fol 254*. The MS. breaks off in the
middle of the fourth section of the eleventh chapter with the
following words —
^ Jy) ^ jy j^xJ] jjiA. ^jJ) jSs\ ^
The author frequently quotes <uaAil Syasxj ^ and lj>UI
^sdLaJ] as his authorities
Written m fair Nasldi within gold and coloured-ruled borders
with the headings in red, and occasional marginal notes The
original folios have been mounted on new margins
Not dated, apparently 18th century.
No. 201.
foil 115, lines 8-11, size7^x4|, 5 J x 3
I
RISALAH-I-ADTYAH
A collection of invocations and prayers for special occasions
and occurrences in life
Beginning —
* j V rfJ) ^t>i! 4JLl)
The Arabic portions are written in clear bold Naskh
Not dated, apparently 19th century
The folios of the MS are hopelessly rotten and separated from
the original binding
No. 202.
foil 102; lines 7-13; size7Jx5, 5X3
Another collection of similar prayers and invocations.
Beginning • —
* C< ylij
Written in ordinary Nasldi and careless Nasta‘liq
Not dated, apparently 19th century
156
No. 203.
foil 91; lines 9-11; size7fx4J, 5^x3.
RISALAH-I-AD‘IYAH
Another collection of prayers and invocations with selections
from the Quran, Hadis, etc , suitable to all daily occasions, with
explanations in Persian and Urdu
Beginning : —
* ^i| ^ fjjb ^ ^
Written in ordinary Naskh and Indian Ta‘liq with occasional
rubrics
Not dated, apparently 19th century.
The latter part of the MS is badly worm-eaten and damaged
No. 204.
foil 56, lines 9-13; size6Jx4 4^x2^
A similar collection of prayers and invocations
Beginning —
* ^ sJyMj ^
Written m fair NasMi and careless Ta‘liq
Not dated, apparently 19th century
The MS IS m a damaged condition
No. 205.
foil 89, lines 11-13, size7X4|, 5fx3|
A treatise containing seme prayers and invocations, and treat-
ing of the peculiarities and influence of certain passages and letters
m the Quran, with a number of questions on religious subjects
with answers
Beginning —
* jjI jd
Written in careless Naskh and Indian Ta‘liq.
Not dated, apparently 19th century
Some folios at the beginning of the copy are worm-eaten and
damaged.
156
No. 206.
foil 37, lines 13; size 7^X4^; 4|x3.
A treatise on the peculiarities and the wonderful effects of
some of the well-known prayers such as ^suJI j
etc , and the various ways of their usage
Beginning —
JI Jjjlj JD
Written in careless Indian Ta‘liq ^
Not dated, apparently 19th century
A note on the tiy-leaf by Sayyid 8adr-ud-Din Ahmad bin Sayyid
Karim-ud-Din of Buhar, dated A.H. 1278, records the price of the
copy as eight annas
V. ARTS AND SCIENCES,
(i) Philosophy,
No. 207.
foil 179, lines 17, size 10x6J, 7x4
TABJUMAH-T-MUJMAL-UL-HTKMAT
An old and valuable copy of a philosophical encyclopaedia,
which, according to the preface, was translated into Parsi Dari
from a work entitled Mujmal-ul-Hikmat
Beginning —
j sS ]\ ^ ^ ^
^ ^
The work has been lithographed in Bombay, A H 1304, under
the title of tiyi ^ ^ U^I
Dr Ethe (Bodl Lib Catalogue, No 1492), who in agreement
With Flugel (i pp 42 and 43) calls the work Mujmal-ul-Hikmat,
gives us to understand that it is an abridgement of the famous
Risalah-i-Tttwan-us-Safa, usually styled simply IWiwan-us-Safa,
in Persian translation, made by a man of Khurasan, and dedicated
to Timur The particulars furnished by the present copy are as
follows — In the preface the author says that there was no book
167
in Persian dealing with the different branches of the science, viz
Mathematics, Logic, Metaphysics and Physics, except the Danish
Namah (see No. 215), the style of which was difficult and the sub-
ject matter of which was for the greater part represented by sign*^
and symbols. He then names another book, viz Mujmal-ul-Hikmat
which was a compendium of the different branches
of science, but which, like the former, was not free from symbols,
and contained also a good many nedundanccs. The author then
proceeds to say that in one or two places he saw that this book,
i.e the Mujmal, was translated into Persian, but that the symbols
and the redundances were exactly maintained He was then asked
(the name of the person is not givnm) to translate it into Parsi Dari,
and at the same time to lemove the symbols and the leduodances
Hence the present production The dedication to Timur (who
reigned A H 771-807 = A D. 1370-1345), found in the Berlin copy
No 91 and the Bodl copy, is not given in this copy The follow-
ing quotations from the beginning (fol will give the particulars
of the w^ork as well as an idea of the archaic forms of the langu-
age and the spelling —
..b
<3 ki^A^bo
. y j) jJb be ^ ^^bo ^ <5-^b j
C
^ ^J b-fib ^ I ^ S>^L}
A-AX3:v.n LjiiSf ^
^ ^ I k-,5 l^b*; I ^
I; oW jj
b ^ o^i^yy 1; ^ jLbl jbbi
y j ^ i;is:ii Vm_^>cw| j jfc . S*:^yib
* p, ^y ^ )y^y bo jbi'
Haj. ]^al. V., p. 406, while noticing the work Mujmal-ul-
Hikmat, remarks that it is a Persian work on Mathematics^ Logic,
Metaphysics and Physics, written mostly in symbols, from which
168
selections were made by a man (of Khuiasan), who removed the
symbols and the redundances and based the said selections on the
treatises of the Ikhwan-us-Safa JiUj. By these treat-
ises Haj. Khal. evidently meant the well-known philosophical
encyclopaedia, entitled Ikhwan-us-Safa wa !l^allan-ul-Wafa, which
consists of fifty-one treatises.
A note on fol of the MS , written in a somewhat later
hand, says — “ (this book is) from the Bahr-ul-Muhit of the Ikji-
wan-i-Safa, entitled ;^allan-i-Wafa, of Imam Majriti-ul-Magribi,”
that 18 to say, al-Majriti’s (d AH 395 = A. D 1004) Spanish re-
cension of the Ikhwan-us-Hafa The note runs thus —
The synopsis of the treatises of this translation is as follows —
1. The first treatise of Qism 1, fol 3«. Arithmetic
It IS to bo noticed that the words from J to ,
are invariably repeated in all the subsequent chapters or treatises.
2 The second treatise of Qism I, on Mathematics, fol. 11«
Introduction to Geometry.
^1 ^ Li5(x>r>b^ jl J^l ^ SilLuj
* ...
3 The third treatise of Qism I on Mathematics, fol 15^.
Introduction to Astronomy.
m J] ... jl
4. Music, on fol. 25«.
* ,,, 4Jwd-a.j) ^ j) jJ
The number of the treatise is not given.
5 The fifth treatise of Qism I, fol. 33«. Geography.
« ^1 J
6. The sixth treatise of Qism I, fol 39« Numerical relations.
jl |K***-Ut ijLuuJ
• ••• { )
159
7 The seventh treatise of Qism I, fol. 42«. Theoretical
Sciences
* ••• ^.oJLc ji} y ^JjUb iJLwj
8. The eighth treatise of Qism T, fol. 44^. Practical sciences
or Arts
^ ^ JL6X l^rV-UAjh Sjtuij
9 The ninth treatise of Qism I, fol 46« Creation of man.
* ,,, C:'U.^>b^ y (J^l jl JiUw^
10 The tenth treatise of Qism I, fol 49« Logic
* ... y ^(JbJ sJLmj <91^11^
11. The eleventh treatise of Qism I, fol 52^ The Categories
12. The twelfth treatise of Qism T, fol 55«. Hermeneutica.
Ik 1 y y l^t.1 A^lbsfc.
13. The thirteenth treatise of Qism I, fol 57^. Analytica
Priora.
jlI LQjJaj.iyl ^-i>(^b^y
SJLmj
14 The fourteenth treatise of Qism I, fol 60^ Analytica
Posteriora.
# ^i) ,,, ^^ia.A^y y
15. The first treatise of Qism TI, or Physica, treating of matter
and form, fol 62^
* ^ ^ y ^Ci <X.Jhw^
16. The second treatise of Qisrn 11., on heaven, the universe
and the spheres, fol. 67«
* ^J) , , , y y ^ ^ Iaaw j) L.1 >LxaJs>Jd j) ^ SJImiJ
17. The third treatise of Qism 11, on existence and decay, of
the elements, fol 71^
« ,,, AJio-^y jUui5 ^ {•5‘^ y sjLmj
18^ The fourth treatise of Qism 11. On Meteorology, fol 73^.
♦ ,,, y ^ ^ y
160
19. The fifth treatise of Qism II. On Mineralogy, fol 76«.
* ,,, 1*5'^ iilwj ^iljL
20. The sixth treatise of Qism II On nature and its activity,
fol 80«.
O^XibL« Ul>LvK,^l3 j] ^ ilittAiJ
* , , , ^JIa^ jI
21. The seventh treatise of Qism TI Botanic, fol. 83^
♦ jl y j) jj ^isb SJt^j dl^ihL
22. The eighth treatise of Qism II On the composition of
man’s body, fol 85«
it ^il ddLd.:ak. J |f| ^ 0 ^A-iVi aILw ^ A ^.31 ,^
23. The ninth treatise of Qism II On sensual perception,
fol 90«
* <dA.a>.y j j) fy
24. The tenth treatise of Qism IT On the human embryo,
fol. 94«.
♦ y JbiWo L-jUjtxxh SJLmj (lUciUw.
25 The eleventh treatise of Qism II. On Man as Microcosm,
fol. 102«
»3^l yic Ci^ljkxxxh y ^ y
# I jI
26. The twelfth treatise of Qism H. Growth of the indivi-
dual soul, fol 103^.
c i y lijIx^xxL y ^1
* aIa-^ jl ^ jl kX*.)
27. The thirteenth treatise of Qism II Limits of human
knowledge, fol 107^.
c.>Ux^y pjj iJUj
* ... ^Ia-^ j) i^aJx j
28. The fourteenth treatise of Qism II. On Death, fol. 110^.
* djUxA^Sj!
161
29. The fifteenth treatise of Qism II. Pam and pleasure,
fol 113«
* j ^ jl iJLuuJ
30 The sixteenth treatise of Qism II Diversity of speech,
fol. 116&
# ^1 jJ CL?Ui jJ i^LxxJ^jJ ^ jj j) irifcOjjLiu jJt^j
31 The first treatise of Qism III. The theory of Pytha-
goras as to the origin of beings, fol 118«.
Jjjj jJ ujiAic jl
jl aJLmj
32. The second treatise of Qism III. On the rational origins
according to all philosophers, fol 120^
^ ^ Ll>(j^c j) jl ^5*^ SJLmj
4lF j)
33 The third treatise of Qism III On the Macrocosm,
fol. 121'^
♦ ^}j,Xa. ^tc jJ i^ijlsc j} iJLuj
34. The fourth treatise of Qiam III On reason and its
object, fol 124«
Hr y fJyAiiyC j (JjLC jJ LlsUbiC j] jl
35 The fifth treatise of Qism III Orbits and revolutions
of the stars, fol 128^
♦ AL>.;ah. j) ^'1^1 ^ CI^UXaC y y
36. The sixth treatise of Qism III On Love, fol 136®
4F AJLdOh. jl LJJ>(jJ.Q^ jI y iJLtXlJ
37. The seventh treatise of Qism Tit On Resurrection,
fol. 139^
m. fii^ A y
38. The eighth treatise of Qism III. On various kinds of
motion, fol. 144".
« jI Li^uiftc y y sji^s ^u^i.
21
162
39. The ninth treatise of Qism III. Cause and effect, fol. 146«
« ^1 jl j jJ u>(sjJlac jj jI p.)
40. The tenth treatise of Qism III. Definitions, fol. 149^.
41 All the eleven treatises of Qism IV, or Metaphysics, on
doctrines and religions, in the Arabic original, have been treated
here in one treatise, divided into ten sections to be found
respectively on foil 160«: 164«, 169&; 170&; 172^ 173^, 175&,
177a; 1786, 179^
dJL*Mj \. ^
* jlLa. y
The MS breaks off in the middle portion of the last section
with the following words —
but the concluding portion has been supplied on the lower margin
by a later hand m a small Nasta‘liq
The divisions of the work are not enumerated anywhere by
the translator, but from the contents described above it would
appear that it is divided into four Qisms, the first of which com-
prises fourteen treatises , the second, sixteen treatises , the third , ten
treatises , and the fourth, ten sections
The first folio has been supplied in a later hand The MS. is
written m large Naskh on thick creamy papers The text presents
many antiquated forms, such as i} for J, and for dX>l and
Asol. The copy has been collated and emended throughout and
the words ^ or simply ^ are frequently found on the
margins of the copy The headings are written in red throughout
The MS. IS m good condition but some of the folios are loosened or
detached from the original binding
Not dated, apparently 1 5th century.
( 2 ) Ethics and Politics.
No. 208.
foil. 201 ; lines 15 , size 7 X 4 J , 4J X 2J
AKHLAQ-I-NASIRI.
The famous work on ethics or practical philosophy, by the
great philosopher and astronomer Nasir-ud-Din Muhammad bin
163
Muhammad bin Hasan- ut-Tusi ^ ^ v 3 . 6 .^s:l^ f
^^LJI (born AH. 597 = A.D 1201 and died A.H. 672 = A.D
1274), who based it on Ibn-i-Miskawayh’s (d AH. 421 = AD
1030) Arabic work or
There exist two prefaces to this work — an earlier one, with a
dedication to Nasir-ud-Din of Quhistan , and a later one, found
exclusively m the usual copies, where he withdraws his former
praises of the “unbelievers ” and requests the owners of the first
edition to cancel the former preface Only two copies of the
work, containing the earlier preface, were hitherto known, viz.
one of the copies in the Brit Mus (see Rieii li, p 856^) and another
m the Camb Umv Lib (Add. 308) This copy, like them, contains
both the prefaces. The earlier one begins on fol. —
sS ^ l,^Lc j
The later begins on fol 3«
/LO(.i:»«oJb iS JwiOL) I c-XiU) J Jusxx)
Editions — Bombay, A H 1267 , Calcutta, A H. 1269 ; Luck-
now, A.H 1286 , Lahore, A D. 1865.
The value of the present copy is further enhanced by learned
annotations on the margins throughout
Written in learned minute Nasta‘liq within gold coloured-
ruled borders with an illuminated head-piece.
Dated Lahore, the 9th Rabi‘ II., A.H. 1098, the 30th year of
‘Alamgir’s reign.
No. 209.
foil. 47; lines 15; size 9X6, 5Jx3J.
I
SIRAJ-UL-MUNiR.
An ethical work, treating of good moral character, modesty,
meekness, justice, patience, liberality and other virtues, and of
passions and vices, illustrated by the precepts of the prophet and
by anecdotes, chiefly relating to prophets and saints, by an author,
who calls himself in the epilogue, fol 46^,
4.Ju^ According to a statement on the same folio the
164
author completed the work at the end of the Rabi‘ I., on Friday,
A.H. 1030 = A.D 1620.
Beginning —
* ^il SjsjJLj y
The work is written in a beautiful ornate prose, intermixed
with verses, and is divided into twenty sections called a table
of which IS given m the preface, fol. 2^.
A beautiful copy, written in a beautiful minute NastaOiq
within gold-ruled borders with an illuminated head-piece and a
double-page ‘unwan with floral decorations in gold on the margins
Dated, Rajab, A.H 1118.
Scribe — Aul jUc
A note on fol 1« by one Mirza Muhammad, entitled Aqa
Mirza, followed by his seal (partly obliterated) says that the MS
belonged to him
The MS has been repaired in some places Another note by
one Mumtaz ‘Ali, whose several seals appear in the copy, says that
he made a gift of this MS to his son Mirza ‘Abd Ullah
No. 210.
foil 178, lines 17; size9JX54, .
JUNG-I-QUTUB SHAHI
A work, partly of ethical, partly of theological and paraeneti-
cal content, based upon the practices and precepts of the pro-
phet, the Imams and other holy men, by an anonymous author,
who wrote it for ‘Abd Ullah Qutub Shah of Golconda (A H 1020-
1083= AD 1611-1672)
Beginning —
The title of the work is not given in the text, but in an
endorsement it is called We learn from the
preface that prior to the present composition the author, at the
desire of his royal master, compiled a work consisting of selections
from the U-C^cvJl As this book received the appreciation
of the king, the author made up his mind to write a supplement
165
to it, basing the same on reliable works, such as -
j)y^] - UuaJ) etc Hence the
composition. He then presented it to his royal master through
Mir Muhammad Sa‘id Jumlat-uhMulk
The work consists of a Miiqaddimah, a few chapters, and a
Khatimah, as follows —
fol* 2®, J ^
fol. 4^ ^ j ^ (Jj) u.:b
fol. 16^ Vm 1 .^sA 2 :v.^ j ^ j ^ l^L)
( ^ L> ^ (j d^^^i.ui L>?b
fol. 27^. JjLc ^
fol 49*^. J J ' J
fol 60^ j jd *-j>b
fol 69« c-jLu^)I! j ^JUaJ] j I j c-.>b
^b 1; ^I
fol 176^ jjjyj ^ oljJb
Written in fair Nasta‘liq within gold and coloured-ruled
borders with an illuminated head-piece
Dated AH 1061.
No. 211.
foil 240 , lines 22 , size 1 1 X 5f , 8 x 3J
ABWAB-UL-JINAN
The first Bab or volume of the well-known collection of ethi-
cal and paraenetic orations, based on the Quran and the moral
precepts of the Imams, by Mirza Muhammad Rafi‘ Wa‘iz Qazwini
lac)^ who died about A.H. 1105 = A D. 1694
Beginning : —
* Jy jj)y ^y.5 e/irV
According to the concluding lines the entire work was to
comprise eight Babs, but only two seem to be extant. See Bodl.
Lib No. 1144, where the contents of the two Babs are described.
Lithographed, Tehran, A H 1274, and Lucknow, A D. 1868
166
Written in neat Nasta'liq within gold and coloured-ruled
borders with an illuminated head-piece.
Dated 2lst Rabf I., A.H 1247.
No. 212.
foil 202, lines 15, size ll|x6f, 7^X3^.
GULSHAN-T-KHIRAD.
A fragment of a large ethical work, dealing with all the vari-
ous branches of moral and political philosophy , the different
physiognomical and religious subjects , good moral advice , short
anecdotes, illustrating the ethical aspect of prominent virtues
and vices , etc.
The copy is defective at both ends and wrongly endorsed as
In a passage on fol. 200“ the author
incidentally gives his nom-de-plume as and calls the work
which, he says, he wrote for his cousin also his pupil,
j ^ j On fol 1®
IS found an illuminated head-piece followed by an astronomical
table, and the text opens abruptly on fol. 1^ with the following
concluding lines of a preceding chapter —
* ^J) - ^ y
Then follows a chapter, called here or the fourth
chapter • —
The following chapter, on fol 29®, is called the second Rawi^
and runs thus —
Fol. 98*. The third chapter —
Then follows the fifth chapter, fol. 136^ —
167
The sixth chapter begins on fol. 171« : —
^ ^ ^ LiiijLVX^I J ^MAMd
The MS. breaks off thus * —
( 3 ^ h
Written in ordinary bold Nasta'liq within coloured-ruled
borders.
The chapters are written m red within modern and tasteless
floral designs
Not dated, apparently 19th century
No, 213,
foil 220, lines 16, size 9|X6, 6x3|^
DA KH IR AT-UL-MUT.UK
A very neat copy of the famous work on political ethics, and
the rules of good government, by Amir Sayyid "Ali bin Shihab
ud-Din bin Mir Sayyid Muhammad ul-Husayni, of Hamadan
especially known as the apostle of Kashmir, which he entered
AH 781 = AD 1379, with a tram of seven hundred followers,
and where he spent the last years of his life and died shortly after
setting out on his return to Persia, on the 6th of Dulhijjah, A H.
786 = A D 1384
Beginning —
«
]j v«XL«
Written in beautiful neat Nasta‘liq within gold and coloured-
ruled borders with an illuminated, now faded, head-piece
Not dated, apparently 16th century
A note at the end says that the MS was collated in A H 1 100.
A good copy Casual emendations on the margin'>
No. 214.
foil 203; lines 17, size 8^X5}, 6J X 3^
THE SAME
Another copy of the preceding work, written in legible Indian
TaMiq The Arabic passages, written in larger Naskh, are over
168
lined in red. The colophon says that the transcription was com-
pleted on the 1 9th of Jumada I., in the fifth regnal year of Muham-
mad Shah ‘Alamgir IT, viz. AH. 1135, at Murshidabad, in the
time of Nawwab JaTar Khan Nasiri
The copy once belonged to one ShayWi Muhibb Ullah, son of
ShayWi ‘Abd-ul-Latif bin Shayyi Habib Qurayshi.
(3) Compendia of Science and Encyclopaedias.
No 215
foil 129, lines 15, size6jX4j; 4JX2|
DANISH NAMAH4-^ALA’I
A compendious manual ol: the different branches of the philo-
sophy of the ancients, by the celebrated Abu 'Ali ibn Sina yl
(d a H 428 — a D 1036), who wrote it in Parsi Dari at
the desire of the prince, who is designated m the preface as
The prince of the Kakawayhid dynasty of Kurdistan was
really called ‘ Ala-ud-Daulah Abu Ja‘far Muhammad bin Du^-
manziyar, and surnamed Ibn-i-Kakawayh, or ‘'uncle’s son,” be-
cause his father was the maternal uncle of a Buwayhide princess,
who m the name of her son exercised sovereign power ‘Ala-ud-
Daulah obtained from her, A'H 398 = AD 1007, possession of.
Isfahan and died A H 433 = A D 1041
The work was c^dited after the author’s death by his disciple
‘Abd-ul- Wahid ibn Muhammad Juzjani who designates it by the
title of Dani^ Namah-i-'Ala’i It is however commonly known,
as endorsed on fol under the name of Other
titles by which the work is known are
Beginning —
According to Rieu, 11 p 433, ‘Abd-ul-Wahid added to the
work a condensed translation in Parsi Dari of the following treat-
ises of Ibn-i-Sina — an abridgment of Euclid, a treatise on astro-
169
nomical observations, another on music, and the arithmetical
section of the “Shafa
In the preface (foil l^-2«), five sections are enumerated —
I
... LuUxJjJs ^JLc
^ ^
but the copy itself comprises the following two and a half sections —
1. obflJai/o ^Ic (Logic), fol 2«
2 ^ ov ^ly ^ (Metaphysics), fol 34^.
3 ^Ic or (Physics), fol 05^.
The last section breaks off in the middle with the following
words —
jjj) 3^ ^
Written m ordinary Nasta‘liq within gold and coloured-ruled
borders with a gilded head-piece The lieadings are written in
red and blue.
Not dated, apparently 1 7th century
No 216.
t
foil 296 , lines 1 3 size 9x5 5|- X 3
HADATQ-UL- ANWAR
A rare, but quite modern, copy of an encyclopaedia of sciences,
with its full title^^l^M-))) famous Imam
Fattr-ud-Din Muhammad bin ‘Umar ur-Razi
(d A.H 606= AD 1209), who wrote it for Sultan
‘Ala-ud-Din Takadi (AH 596-617 = AD 1198-1220), the last
but one of the ^iwarazm Shahi dynasty
Beginning —
* ^ ^ Lo L^l 4JJ
The work treats of the following sixty arts or sciences —
1. ^ 2. AsaJI 3 ^ 4
6 ^ 6 ^i^y ^ 7 bC.^y) |,ic 8 ^ ^
10. J.JLc ^ 11. ^ 12. ^
13 . ^ 14 . ^ 15 ^ 16 . ^
22 ^
170
17. jCiiL&ll) ^ 18. |JL= 19. oc^l ^ 20. ^
21.^1 l^c 22. ^UJI jJU 23. |jLc 2i.
25. jjjooJI ^ 26. <Ju«I^} 27. v«;^-iaJI ^ 28. ^
29. ^ 30 ^ ^ 32. ^
SJJ9U0 33. li5L.aaJ.J3 ^ 34 ^ 35. ^(j)J) ^
36. «;Ja^l |iic 37 38 ^Ic 39 la..UAjI ^ic 40.
(JlftjJII ^ 41. L-ysvJI Li^JlIl ^ 42 l-sUaa. ^ 43. n.Jlc
^(.aJI ^ 44. ^ 45 jIj^I ^Ic 46. ^yolU) ^Ic
47. |JL 48 ^JI yc 49 ^Ic 50. J^J ^ 51.
^ 52. Li^UJJIl 53 ^UJI JjtJ li5K«x ^ 54. ^JLLJII ^
56. ci5Laa(jjWI jJ-c 56 JjLJJ yc 57 ^ 58 LisfyrjJf ^Ic
69 Ljyu.n L^ijI yc 60 iyjbikn J^jii ^kii yc
A very full table of contents, with numbers indicating the
pages, occupies 23 pages in the beginning of the copy
Written in legible Indian Ta‘liq
Dated, Friday, 12th Pous, 1296 Bengali year
A note at the end (fol 293^) says that the MS was compared
by Maulavis Hasib-ud-Din and l^adim Husayn
A biographical sketch of the author, extracted from other
works by the donor Maulavi Sayyid Sadr-ud-Din Ahmad, occupies
foil 294«-296^
No. 217.
foil 328, lines 25, size 15X10|, 12X6
DURRAT-UT-TAJ
The well-known vast encyclopaedia of philosophical sciences,
by Qutb-ud-Din Mahmud bin Mas‘ud-ush-Shirazi
J^JUAA^ who was born in Shiraz, A.H. 634 = A.D. 1236
and died in Tabriz, A H. 710 = A.D 1310
Beginning —
« JjUj L-5bs3..^) jHol^ J K ^IsS L->(->^) y
The full title of the work is ^bjJl ^ ^tUl It is divided
into an Introduction ( ), six Books ( ), and an Appendix
171
( ) which are enumerated with all their sub-divisions, foil. 9«-
43^ The present copy is defective towards the end " Its contents
are as follows —
Muqaddimah, on the advantages of knowledge, the real pur-
port of sciences, and their divisions, in three Fasls, each sub-
divided into three fol
Jumlah I, on Logic, in seven Maqalahs, fol 43^.
Jumlah II, on first philosophy, ie ii^), m two
branches ( ) , each of which is sub-divided into seven Maqalahs,
fol 101^.
Jumlah III, on the lowest science, that is natural science
( V — ^ in two each again sub-divided
into seven Maqalahs, fol. 139«.
Jumlah IV, on the middle science, that is Mathematics
(' — ^ in four dealing with Euclid,
Almagest, Arithmetic, and Music respectively, fol 182^
Jumlah V, on the highest science, that is Metaphysics ( ^ sd
' — ^ vsub-divided into seven
Maqalahs, fol. 233»
In the remaining folios the headings are omitted throughout,
but from a comparison with the following copy it is found that
this copy bieaks off in the middle of the First Qutb of the lOiati-
mah immediately after the account of the The last words
found here are —
corresponding with the last line on fol 132^ of the following copy.
Written in clear bold Nastadiq Spaces for heading have
been left blank towards the end of the copy
Not dated, apparently 18th century
No, 218,
foil 336; lines 19; size 12x7|; 9JX5|.
THE SAME.
Another copy of the preceding work, comprising the Fifth
Jumlah and the Khatimah.
172
Beginning abruptly —
J J;l j
J
The i^atimah begins on fol 41®
Written m careless Indian Ta‘liq with the headings in red
Not dated, apparently 19th century
No. 219
foil 233, lines 25, size 14|X9|, llJXG
NAFATS-UL-FUNUN
The well-known encyclopaedia of science, with its full title
^ composed by Muhammad bin Mah-
mud-ul-‘Amuli ^JUUJl ^ who left, besides the pre-
sent woik, commentaries upon the Kulhyat of the Qanun of Tbn-i-
Sina, upon the Kulhyat of the Qan'hn of Sharaf-ud-Din Ilaqi, and
upon the Mulditasar-fil-Usul of Ibn-i-Hajib According to various
dates given in the beginning it would appear that the woik was
commenced in A H 735 = A D 1335 and not finished until A H
742 = A D. 1342
Beginning —
j Ufj) J^] sS ]j l^I ^ yji J Uj j
* ^
The work is divided into two parts (Qism), treating respec-
tively of the modern or Islamitic sciences ) and of the
ancient ( (Jiljl ^j.JLc ) The First Qism treats of eighty-five arts or
sciences, in thirty-six Fanns or sections, classed under four cate-
gories (Maqalah), which treat respectively of —
(1) The literary sciences ( )
(2) The legal sciences ( ).
(3) The Sufic sciences ( j » — )
(4) The conversational sciences ( ).
The Second Qism comprises the following five Maqalahs —
(1) Practical philosopy ( ^ )
(2) Speculative philosophy ( )•
(3) Mathematics ( )•
173
(4) Brancnes of physics ( ).
(5) Branches of Mathematics ( )
The whole work is extant here in two volumes, bound sepa-
rately This MS., comprising the first volume, ends with the 10th
Fasl ( ) of the first Fann, of the First Maqalah,
Qism II.
No. 220.
foil 234 (234 to 468) , lines and size same as above.
The continuation of the preceding copy, beginning with the
6rst Fasl { ^ ^ ) of the Second Fann
of the First Maqalah, Qism II, and ends with the last Fasl, i e the
Fifth ) of the 13th Fann of the Fifth Maqalah^
Qism II
The original work is followed by the following treatises —
[ I'L) Risalah-i-Taqwim^ fol 124« A compendious
manual on the computation of the almanack, by an anonymous
author, divided into twelve sections and a Khatimah
Beginning —
rr Majmu'at-us-Sana’i , fol 440^ “The Col-
lection of Arts ” A very interesting and useful poly technical work ,
dealing with all the various branches of artificial,^ especially alchemi-
cal, work and handicraft, for instance, the art of making artificial
pearls, rubies, sapphires, and other precious stones, of preparing
various inks and colours for writing and painting purposes, dying
ivory, engraving stones, preparing poisons and antidotes, dissolving
and oxidizing metals, making artificial flowers, illuminating books,
etc., by an anonymous author
Beginning —
In the colophon of the India Office Lib copy. No. 2781, the
name of the author is given as Mir Yahya, while in
a larger and amplified edition (No 2783) in the same collection,
he IS called The work must have be^
composed in, or before, A H 1033 (A D 1624), which is the date of
the copy No 1870, Bodleian Library
The work is divided into forty chapters sub-divided into one
hundred and sixty sections. The number of divisions varies more
174
or less in other copies. See the catalogues cited above and Rieu
II, p. 489.
A Turkish translation of the work was made at the request
of Abdal-Khan, the Oan of Bidlis, who was beheaded at Con-
stantinople, 1668 A.D
III. Risalah-i-Miqdariyah, fol. 457« A tract on
the weight of coins and on legal measures, by Muhammad Mu’min
bin ‘Ali ul-Husayni. It is divided into a Muqaddimah, a Fasl, and
a Khatimah
Beginning . —
IV jjiP jJUj Risalah dar 'Iqd-i-Anamil, fol 461. A
treatise on palmistry with special reference to the joints of the
fingers, withoutauthor’s name
Beginning —
« 3S 0-^ jl
V. ^ jO sJLtj Risalah dar ‘Ilm-i-Kaf-i-Dast, 462«.
Another treatise on palmistry, without author’s name
Beginning * —
« ^Lh: j)
VI. |JLc aJLvj Risalah dar ‘Ilm-i-Musiqi, fol. 465 A
treatise on music, without preface or author’s name
Beginning • —
Ox Ox
♦ <JL> <0 ^ ^
VII. ilLu; Risalah- 1 -Saydiyah, fol. 466. A treatise on the
legal precepts concerning hunting and the slaying of animals, with-
out author’s name
Beginning * —
VIII. Ux.^ Risalah-i-Manzum dar Mu^amma,
fol. 464'. A versified treatise on riddles and enigmas, without
author’s name.
Beginning . —
4r oil}
175
Both the volumes containing the entire work Nafa’is-ul-Funun
and the treatises at the end of the second volume are written in
legible bold Nasta‘liq by one scribe A full table of contents ot
all the works with numbers indicating the folios is prefixed to the
first volume
Not dated, apparently 19th century.
No. 221.
foil. 9cS0 , lines 19, size 11x6; 6|^X3J.
THE SAME
Extracts from the Nafa’is, consisting of detached portions
put together in a perplexing manner, without any system or order.
Beginning as usual. There are only three Maqalahs in this
copy. The first Maqalah of the first Qism begins on fol 8«. The
second Maqalah of the first Qism, fol. 85^, and the fourth Maqalah
of the second Qism on fol 235&. The subject-headings under each
of these Maqalahs are without any system or order and most
of those belonging to one Maqalah are treated under another
The concluding section treating of the rites of the pilgrimage
( ^ jO ) IS altogether foreign to the real work and belongs
to a later author, namely the famous Jami, who died in A H 898
== AD. 1492.
Written in a beautiful minute Nasta‘liq within gold and
coloured-ruled borders
Dated A H 1043.
Scribe — ^ e/ •••
A seal of a certain noble of Ahmad Shah’s time, dated A H.
1161, IS fixed on fol. 1«
A very neat and correct copy
No. 222.
foil. 376 , lines 15, size 8|^X 5J , 5Jx 3.
‘UQIJL-I-‘ASHRAH.
A Persian encyclopaedia, by Muhammad Barari Ummi ibh
Muhammad Jam^id ibn Jabbari Khan ibn Majnun l^an Qaqshal,
i:/) cr’’
JUijtj who compiled it in A.H. 1084 == A.D. 1673.
176
Beginning —
* jy sS ^LJ! LL>j^ jJub &S
The work is divided into ten J^ac (intelligence), siib-divided
into (insights), (penetrations), and (perceptions)
A complete index is given foil 2«-5«
Written in neat Indian Ta‘liq with the headings in red.
Not dated, apparently 19th century
(4) Arithmetic.
No. 223.
foil 152, lines 17; size 12^X7|-, 9x4J
S^y
TARJUMAH-T-KHULASAT-UL-HISAB
^ A Persian paraphrase of, and commentary on, Baha-ud-Din
‘Amili’s (d A H 1030 = A D. 1621) famous Arabic work on Arith-
metic, styled
Beginning —
]yi ||.iXvo ^
* aUc>^I
The work begins at once with the Arabic text followed by a
Persian paraphrase, without any preface by the translator, whose
name however incidentally appears thus at the end, fol 143^^
*
He seems to be identical with Rau^an ‘Ali Ansari Jaunpuri,
who IS the author of several treatises on Arithmetic and Grammar,
and of an imitation of Hariri’s Maqamat, and died as professor
of Fort William College, Calcutta, about AD 1810 See Ricu, '
p 8576
The work is divided into a Muqaddimah and ten Babs.
The above is followed by a short versified treatise on Algebra
by Muhammad Najmuddin I£han, foL 144« Each problem, which
18 in verse, is followed by illustrations and dedications in prose.
The treatise begins with the following short preamble which
gives the particulars of the work —
[ ^ >UUJI
4Jjl sLifti)
177
o^tjkx> ^Li2jl ^(aXj j^jLw^o j iSiXi^uAS 1^1^ t-T. CLlu jj ^jy^siA,
* ji) ^JyOjS
The initial verse begins thus —
y V L) V ^jftj ^ibc> fy jj3J ^I
Both the works are written by one scribe m ordinary legible
Indian Ta‘liq The first work is dated A H 1227, corresponding
with A.D 1812
(5) Astronomy and Astrology^
No. 224
foil 28 , lines 13 , size 8J X 6 , 6 x 3|
** • *♦ ♦
^SiJ C1^5^*>c J^i^gS^yC
MUIOTTARAR BAR MA‘R[FAT-[-TAQWIM.
The well-known compendious manual on the computation of
almanacks, known as on account of the thirty fasls into
which it IS divided, by Nasir-ud-Din Tusi (d A H
r>72 = AD 1 273), who c impleted it in A H 058 (A.D 1260)
Beginning without the praise of God —
^ ^ j y:i,xs:s^
Written in fair Nasta‘liq _
Dated Kabul, Monday, the 27th Rabi‘ T, AH. 1082.
Scribe —
The above manual is followed by a short tract on the “ Man-
sions of the Moon ” which aie twenty-eight in number.
Beginning on fob 26« —
• '^)y‘ ^ Jj’ iih e
The MS. IS worm eaten throughout and mended in many
})lacea
No. 225.
toll. 46 , lines 9 , size 8^ X 4^. , 6x 3
ci^.0
BiST BAB
The famous manual on the construction and use of the astro-
labe, which, from its division into twenty chapters (Bab), is known
23
178
under the name of Bist u>L> by the same Nasir-ud-Din
Tiisi (d. A.H. 672 = AD. 1273).
Beginning . —
^ 1 • • • . • ^ SJ I y Lu^i ) ^UJ I
Written in fair Endian Ta‘liq
The MS. 18 mended throughout ^
Not dated, apparently 19th century.
A note on fol says this MS was deposited in the Library
of Mirza Radi-ud-Din ‘Ali Bahadur, son of Mirza Muhammad
lOiurram Baldit, deceased on the 21st Shawwal, A H 1236
No. 226.
foil 144, lines 19 , size8x4f, 5|x2|
SHARH-T-BiST BAB
A commentary on the same work
The commentator Nizam-ud-Din ‘Abd-ul-‘Ali-ul-Barjandi
Cyxc who 18 the author of several other works
and who was still living in the beginning of the reign of Shah
Tahmasp Safawi of Persia (A H 930-984 = A D 1624-1676), com-
pleted this commentary, as expressed by the name of the month
(fol 144^^), in A.H. 889 = A D 1484
The contents of this copy seem to agree fully with those of
the one mentioned in Rieu ii, p 463, e g. the defimtiorrs of techni-
cal terms (found here on fol 1^), the tables of the positions of
stars calculated by the translator himself for the year 863 of Yaz-
da]ird corresponding with A H 889-890 (found here on fol 143^),
and the date of completion of the commentary expressed by the
name of the month But the opening lines of this copy
do not agree with those of Rieu loc cit It begins thus —
- sj] y ^y.La}] y 1 4JJ »WEvJ )
^(aJ) <L<}Xc iilLu! L QJ Lil^ j|
* LJ'b yi JUjI I
The above is immediately followed by the commentary with
the text
Written in ordinary and careless Nastadiq with copious anno-
179
tations and emendations on the margins. The MS is worm-eaten
and damaged but mended and repaired in many places
Not dated, apparently 18th century
No. 227.
foil 178, lines 28, size 11X6|, 8JX5.
/
ZTJ-T-JADID-I-SULTANI
A defective copy of the usual edition of XTlug Beg’s astron-
omical and chronological tables, that is, the second and revised
one, compiled by Sultan Ulug Beg ^il (d A H 853 =
A.D. 1449) with the assistance of Salah-ud-DinMusa
called QMizadah-i-Rumi Maulana Griya^-ud-
Din Jamshid (the compiler of the original
edition) and after the death of both of them by co-operation with
the celebrated ‘All bin Muhammad Qush]i ^
(d AH 879 = AD 1474)
The work is divided into four Books called Maqalah A great
portion of the first Book on the different eras, which consists of
a Muqaddimah and seven Babs, is wanting, and the copy opens
abruptly in the middle of third Bab with the following words * —
^j^L44aJI ^ ^ •••••»
* iXkiub 'pj cJo ^ y
The small scattered tables relating to the first Book are found
on foil. 3«-10^
Book II. j j V jj, on
fol ll», sub-divided into twenty-two Babs , tables on foil 18^-93^.
III ^ J ^
on fol. 94«, sub-divided into thirteen Babs, tables on toll 100^-169'^
IV 170^, sub-divided into two
Babs ; tables on foil. 172«-178^ The MS breaks off with the sixth
table of the second Bab
For further particulars and other copies of the work see other
catalogues
Written in good small Nastadiq
Foil. 11, 14 and 16 are supplied in a later hand
Not dated, apparently 17th century
180
No. 228.
foil 225; lines 12, size 9X5|, 6X4.
T ALT ‘-I-M AU^UT)- T-HUM A YUN
A beautiful copy of an interesting work, containing the horo,^-
cope of Mirza Baisangar, son of Mirza Shah Rukh, with astronom-
ical tables, by an author who designates himself m the epilogue,
fol 22r)«
* Ijlj ^ ,pU>y.6>il ^LaJ) ^1
Beginning -
According to the author’s statement in the preface Mirza
Baisangar was born on the night before the 21st of vDulhijjah,
AH 799 (AD 1396), in Herat According, to Habib- us-Siyar,
Vol. ITT, Juz 2, p 131, the prince died on the morning of Satur-
day, 7th Jumada 1, A H 837 (A T) 1433), at the age of 37
On fol 4a the author tells us that he commenced the work m
the middle of Jumada I AH 828 (AD 1424) and completed it
within the first ten days ol Dulhi]]ali of the same year and then
dedicated it to the aforo-said prince The preface is followed by
a statement of the scribe 4 Jj 1 who calls
himself an ‘ inferior slave ” of the prince, that he completed the
transcription in the beginning of nulhi]]ah, AH 828, that is to
say, at the same time that the composition of the work was com-
pleted The above fact as well as the hand-writing and the gorgeous
preparation of the copy, fully convince us that this copy was
written for the prince
A graceful Nasta‘liq hand, slightly inclined towards NasMi,
written on gold lines throughout, within gold and co!oured-ruled
borders with a beautifully illuminated head-piece The headings
and the contents of the tables are written in gold and various
other colours The top-headings of the tables are in most graceful
bold Naskh written in gold and colours
One or two folios seem to be missing from the end and the
MS breaks of! abruptly with the words —
I;
dy \
yUUS
ISl
(6) Medicine.
No. 229.
foil. 375 , lines 20 ; size 4i , 4^x 2^.
IKH TI Y AR AT-I-B ADi ‘ I .
A very good and correct copy of the original edition of the
Materia Medica, by ‘Ali bin ul-Husayn ul-Ansari, known as Haji
Zayn-ul- ‘Attar ^ ^
who was born AH 730 = AD 1330, and died A H 806 = A. D
1403. It was completed AH 770 = AD 1368
Beginning : —
* ^Uqx) ^ jliVel
The work is divided into two Maqalahs The first, on simple
drugs, in alphabetical order, begins on fol 2^. The second, on
compound medicaments, compiises sixteen chapters and begins
thus on fol 318^*—
^ , , .... I*,/ ) Lm^j 4JL) *X^2CvJI
* y
In the above lines the latter part is called the second Risalah
of the Miftah-ul-Khaza’m, while as a matter of fact it is the second
MaqMah of the Ikhtiyarat i-Badi‘i For similar confusion and
turther details see Ethe, Ind Office Lib. Cat Nos 2289-2295
A complete index of the first Maqalah, giving the Arabic,
Greek and Hindi equivalents foi all the Persian technical terms of
simple drugs, arranged m alphabetical older, occupies forty-two
folios m the beginning and begins thus —
Written in beautiful minute Nasldi within gold and coloured
ruled borders with illuminated head-pieces
This valuable copy, dated the beginning of Dulhijjah, A H
I
990, was written by 4iil for the
library of Muhammad Khan, son of Dilawar IQian ‘Add Shahi
Fol 1" IS covered with the seals and signatures of the nobles and
officers of the courts of Shah Jahan, ‘Alamgir and others. These
names read as follows . —
182
- - ^Isu^
]a5Lsx/« - JajUh. Jw6>ax^ - ijLiwjb ji^CJlc lilj
The name of Ibrahim ‘Adil Shah jjLJjU most probably
the sixth king of the ‘Adil Shahi dynasty of Bijapur, who reigned
from A.H 987-1035 = A.D. 1579-1626, also appears on the same
leaf
No. 230.
foil. 159, lines 19, size9jX5; 8X4J.
A fragment of the first Maqalah of the preceding work. The
whole of the introduction is wanting and the copy opens abruptly
with the words —
* ob
corresponding with fol 2^, line 3 of the preceding copy. It breaks
off m the middle of the explanation of the word under
coriespondmg with fol. 153», line 12 of the preceding copy The
last words are »••»»» j ^
Written m careless Ta'liq within coloured-ruled borders
Frequent clerical mistakes
Not dated, apparently 19th century.
No. 231.
foil 281, lines 21, size 9X6, 6|X4.
dW
TARJUMAH-I-MTNHAJ-UL-BAYAN.
Foil 1-173 A Persian translation of the well-known Materia
Medica, entitled Uxs by Yahya bin Tsa
bin Jazlah, a Christian Physician of Bagdad, who embraced Islam -
ism in A.H 466 (A.D 1074) and died, A.H. 493 (AD 1100)
Beginning : —
J *•»... J Ij Af 1^1 ^ jXm*
Ht bbj^l jJ )j |.ol
The name of the translator does not appear anywhere, and
the name of the person tor whom the translation was made is thus
introduced by several honorific titles . —
183
(V"^ t— jjaci C-C^G| ^)a,K/< JjLtUAyXi
ViVk^MA A IV ^xJslLwwH J }f^y) j ^ILu/))) L
j j.>l (^so ^Ij
i 3^.^-4«J) t- C)(.il i^iacl ^JT
U.^il Jy6.su« C«XjL>I JjliJ ^1 lJ|^/0 lJ^I^
l.«XU.iI ^ ^IILm^^Uu Jy^'xyo ^j| L-^ki »>A*.A«jI
t <uix» 4I1I L-Cu ^1 jC
The names of the drugs are arranged in alphabetical order
Foil 175-281 Tarjumah-i-Taqw!m-ul-Ab-
dan. A Persian translation of the same Ibn-i-Jazlah’s medical
work on the regimen of the body, entitled
Beginning —
* ^J) i^kii) j ^y^l| |d^J c;>jLw)
The names of the translator and the person for whom the
translation was made, will appear from the following passage,
which is a continuation of the lines quoted above —
^ ^ ^ . , Ujb)^ Ljlk ^
Jju ^jsu I; Jijy^ ^ ^
• ^1
Written in small Nastadiq
The colophon of the first work is dated Shahjahanabad, A H.
1109.
Scribe — s^o,:sx^ ;y*
The few notes found on the margins of the second work arc
cut by the bindei
No. 232.
foil. 35, lines 13, sizeS|x5J, 4| X 2|.
TARJUMAH-I-SUHKABI.
A medical tract on diseases, giving a description of them,
and of the means and methods of curing them.
184
^ Jju Lo) ... 4JJ
♦ ^1 d .^1
According to the preface it is a Persian translation of Muham-
mad bin Mahmud ul-Chagmini’s (d c AH 618 = A D. 1 221) selec-
tions from earlier medical works The translator ‘All Akbar ibn
Muhammad Labib ^ ^JLc says that he translated
it from Arabic at the request of Nawwab ‘Ali Quli Khan BahMui
Suhrabjang, son of Mirza ‘All Klian Bahadui Dilawarjang It is
divided into ten chapters each of which is sub-divided into
several sections.
Written in beautiful Nim 8hikast on gold sprinkled papers
within gold and coloured ruled holders, with an illuminated head-
piece The original folios have been mounted on now margins
Marginal notes are found in the latter portion of the copy
Some seals of the later kings of Oudh are found at the begin
ning and the end of the (*opy
Not dated, ISth century
A beautiful copy.
(7) Farriery*
No 233
foil 131 , lines 13 , size X 6 , X 3^.
FARAS NAMAH.
A slightly defective copy of a treatise on farriery, translated
by several Pandits from an old Sanskrit work Salihotra or Salutia
wrongly spelt heie, fol 2^, as and on fol 5^ as
(name of the legendary inventor of the veterinary art and at the
same time the name of the art itself and of works on the subject),
at the desire of Abd Ullah fOian Firuzjang (d A.H 1064 = AD
1644), during the reign of Shah Jahan (AH 1037-1068 = A. D
1628-1668).
Some folios are missing from the beginning, and the copy
opens abruptly thus —
Jy JUxI j ^
It IS identical with the described in Ethe, Bodl.
Lib Nos 1864-1866 , Rieu, ii p. 482, etc. It opens with an intro-
185
duotion treating of the creation of the horse and of its colours,
partly abridged from a Persian work on farriery
written in the time of Mahmud Claznawi The real
begins on fol 5^, and is divided into two Qisms The first treats
of the knowledge of horses and their good or bad signs, in twelve
Babs The second, on fol 28«, deals with the various diseases of
the horse and their treatment, in thirty-eight Babs
The above is followed by another treatise of the same author,
dealing with the diseases of horses and their cure by means of
special prayers, as well as medical prescriptions, beginning on
tol. 69« —
^ J 4I))
jl <JL^T )jJt» SxJ
Written in careless Indian Ta'liq
Not dated, apparently 1 9th century
(8) Archcry.
No. 234.
foil 204, lines 11, size 10X5J, 6x3|.
KULLlYAT-UR-RAMi
An ^'xhaustive work on archery, by Sayyid Amin-ud-Din, son
of Mir Muhammad Hashim bin Sayyid Ahmad Najafi
^ ^ ^ijb jXyc ^ ^ 1 . 0 ., of Anda-
khud, a town in Kliurasan between Balldi and Merv The author
claims to be a descendant of Sayyid Abu1 Barakat, who, he says,
was attached to the services of Timur According to the versified
chronogram — 1.3x1 ^ (fol 204^) the work was com-
pleted A. H. 1132 (A D 1720f
Beginning . —
The work is dedicated to Muliaminad Shah (A H 1131-1161
AD 1719-1748 It is divided into a Muqaddimah, twenty-five
Kulliyahs, and a lyiatimah
Written la fair Indian Ta‘liq, for one Sayyid Muhammad
^an Bahadur
24
186
Dated Friday, 4th Rhawwal, A.H. 1196
Scribe —
(g) Music.
No. 235.
toll 129, lines 11-16, size 9x6; 7X31
USUL-UN-NAOMAT-UL-ASAFL
A compendium of Indian music, written, according to the
preface in this copy, by Gulam Rid.i, son of Muhammad Panah
all) Lvcm for a ceitain Wazir, entitled Asaf —
Beginning —
lUlA'UU
si
1
f
^ J-6.SX3
.il lS^j jj
The work is divided into six Usui, each sub-divided into several
Fasls A complete index of the contents is given on foil 3^’- 4^.
Dr Ethe, India Office Lib Cat No. 2023, m noticing a frag-
ment of the work (only the first Asl), says that it was composed
at the request of Mr Richard Johnson by an anonymous author
This copy, a complete one, is written in ordinary Indian
Tadiq and is full of clerical mistakes.
The above treatise is followed by another work on Indian
music, entitled especially treating of the musical modes
and melodies of the Hindus Accoiding to the preface it is origin-
ally based on an old Sanskrit work on Indian music, styled here
J.ibyLOU^ which was written for Ra]ah Man Singh of Gwaliyai
(d. about AH 924=* AD 1518), and from which this Persian
translation was made by Faqir Ullah 4 Jl)I ^ who completed it
about A.H 1076-== A.D. 1665
This copy is substantially the same as the one noticed m
Ethe, Ind Office Lib No 2017, and the contents described therein
agree word for word with those of the present cojiy But the
opening lines of the two copies are different Our copy begins
thus on fol 76^ —
^ yj J ^ 1 j! si V.
187
Written in ordinary but legible Nasta^iq by
Neither of the treatises is dated, but both were written apparently
in the 19th century
No. 236.
foil. 99, lines 13, size 8^ > , 7X4.
A collection of treatises on Indian music
I. Foil 1^-14® tic Uaul-i-6ina, a tract on the different
tunes and melodies of music, written for Rai Dal Chand Sahib, by
Rai Chand Ahmad ihadi It was completed
in AH. 1178— AD 1764, for which the title forms a chronogram
Beginning —
j j ^ j j
The work is based on musical tracts composed by men of
different creeds and sects and is divided into three chapters.
Foil 14^-17® blank
II F'oll 17^^-38& Another tract on the Rags and Raginis of
India, entitled at the end Ris,ilah-i-Musiqi The
author’s name does not appear anywhere and the work begins thus
without any preface —
^(i ^ ^
# jj|
Foil 3 9®- 40® blank.
III. Foil 40^-99^. i-jUxjJ) J^oI Usul-un-Nagmat See No.
235 It IS defective towards the end and br('aks off in the middle
of the fifth Asl, corresponding with line 1 on fol 7J® of the above-
mentioned copy
Written m fair Indian Ta‘liq
Not dated, apparently 18th century
No. 237.
foil 63; lines 11-17, sizeHj-X6, 6x3J.
A fragment of a large treatise on Indian music It is defective
at both ends, and opens abruptly with the fourth chapter : —
188
The fifth chapter begins thus on fol 17^ * —
The concluding lines are —
* V — ^Ait ^Uj ^
The fourth chapter is written m fair Nasta‘liq and the fifth
in careless Ta‘liq
Foil 9«-lQ^ contain blank tables
Not dated, apparently 1 8th century
(lo) Divination, Geomancy and Magic,
No. 238.
foil 72, lines 14, size 12X7^, 9^X5^
SIHR-UL-‘UYUN
A treatise dealing with the propertiCvS and secret virtues of
various magical and cabalistic operations, exorcism, talismans, etc ,
translated from the of Abi 'Abd Ullah Magnbi and the
^LojI ^ of Hakim Abul Qasim Muhammad bin
Ahmad ul-‘Iraqi us-Siwawi (who lived about AH 850 == A D
1 446) According to the preface the present work is translated
from the above-named two Arabic works, but the translator (who
does not give his name) a Ided copious facts and information from
various other souices It wa^ written for one Amir Sayyid Qasim,
whose name is introduced after a great many honorific titles
The date of composition, given at the end, is A H 9(>7 =
AD. 1501
Beginning —
♦ ^ L^UJaxil
It IS divided into two Maqsads, each sub-divided into several
Asls, and a KJiatimah.
Written in bold Nastafiiq
Dated AH 1246
The above treatise is followed by an account ot the magical
performances shown to Jahangir by a party of magicians It
begins thus —
189
)^
^Ljil J^l - ^Jjijl j^ y <^iy^ ujU^JLL ^
♦ ^-;
This portion, written apparently by the same scribe, is in a
still bolder Na8ta‘liq
No. 239.
foil. 123; lines 15, size 9X5J, 6|^x3.
QAWATD-UL-HIDAYAT
A detailed work on geomancy, compiled by Hidayat Ullah,
popularly known as Munajjim Shirazi 4JjI ^ A.H 1001 =
A.D. 1592, and dedicated to the emperor Akbar
Beginning —
AJ Lily 's sj Jj ^xjLa yC J ^
* b u-TlUl ^ yy^
It is divided into a Muqaddimah, and four Jiliats ^ Sec
Ethe, Ind Ofl&ce No 2266
Written in good Nasldi
Not dated, apparently 1 7th century
No. 240.
foil 15; lines 9; size8x4J; 4Jx2|
An anonymous short tract in fifteen Babs treating of the
properties and hidden viitues of various magical and cabalistic
operations, exorcism, etc , and of ingenious devices and recipes for
purposes of utility
It opens abruptly thus —
Written in careless Ta‘liq
A modern Qppy, written apparently in the 19th century.
190
No. 241.
foil 147, lines 17, size lliX7J, 7|X4J.
A collection of treatises dealing with all kinds of hidden
sciences, the virtues and propeities of various magical and
cabalistic operations, exorcism, talismans, prayers, invocations,
etc , etc.
I Foil 2" This treatise is introduced by a heading, written
m red, followed by the following line in which
the work is ascribed to the celebrated Mulla Baqir Majlisi (d A.H-
1110 = AD lOOS) -
I I
* ^ ✓oIa«aJ I aJLIs
It treats of the virtues and properties of all the Surahs of
the Quran, arranged in order, of some special prayers and invo-
cations, of the secret virtues of letters and numerals, of the con-
struction of magical squares, charms and amulets, and a collection
of prescriptions, etc , etc
Beginning —
Jl.
iJ ) jLu! sS ^ pbcj rx yyyx./<t
Fol. 1 should be placed after fol 2.
II. Fol 45^ Lcj ^UI loUili A Fal Namah or Book of
Divination, ascribed to the famous Imam ‘Ali Rida, translated
into Persian by ‘Ali ibn-ul-Qadi
Beginning : —
The Fal Namah is followed by a collection of prescriptions,
the virtues of some special invocations, charms, amulets, and of
various magical and cabalistic operations
III. Fol 73« sjisxj Tuhfat-ul-Cara’ib A treatise
dealing with similar subjects, by Muhammad bin Shaykh Muham-
mad Sarfarazi ^
Beginning —
191
Written in fair Nasta‘liq
Not dated, apparently 19th century
(ii) Interpretation of Dreams.
No. 242.
foil 291 , lines 21 , size 8^. X 5| , 6|X 4
A defective copy of a detailed work on the interpretation ot
dreams The name of the author and the title of the work cannot
be ascertained on account of a lacuna at the beginning as well as
at the end It opens abruptly with the words —
* y ^
and ends —
».•••• ^ j ^ *3s*.> dS
The authorities frequently cited are —
Written in beautiful Naskh within gold and coloured borders
A great many folios are borderless
A good old copy
Not dated, apparently 16th century
( 12 ) Specimen of Calligraphy.
No. 243.
foil 15; lines 2, size 202x14, IGJXlO
Fifteen gilded folios pasted on thick piece-boards, containing
specimens of Persian calligraphy Each folio bears the signature
of Muhammad Husam-ud Din of Lucknow ^y^ik^
Not dated, apparently 19th century
192
VI. PHILOLOGY,
(i) Lexicography,
(a) Persian Dictionaries.
No. 244.
foil 369, lines 23 , size 11x6, 8x3f
MU’AYYID-UL FUDALA
The well-known Persian dictionary, by Muhammad bin Lad
^ completed, according to Blochmann, Contributions,
p. 9, in AH. 926 = A.D 1519
Beginning —
* b (j| J
The work explains all the words and phrases occurring in the
Shah Namah, Nizami's lOiamsah, the six poems of Sana’!, the
diwans of Kliaqani, Anwari, Zahir, Abhari, Hafiz, Salman, Sa‘di, etc
The words are grouped m Kitabs according to the initial letters,
and, in each Kitab, in Babs, according to the final letters. Each
Bab consists of three Fasls, the first comprising the Arabic words
and sentences generally used in the Persian language, the second
the Persian and Pahlawi words, the third the Turkish words
The name of the author given m the concluding lines of this
copy IS ^
Written in ordinary but legible Nasta‘liq on creamy and
yellow papers, with casual emendations on the margins
Dated, Jahangir Nagar (Dacca), 23rd Safar, A H 1096
No. 245.
foil 360, lines 21 , size 12x74, 10x5]
MADAR-UL-AFADTL
A Persian dictionary, explaining Persian, Arabic and Turkish
words, by Ilahdad Faydi bin Asad-ul-‘Ulama ‘Ali Shir Sirhindi
UJLxJ) ^ who completed it A.H.
1001=: AD 1593.
193
Beginning —
* ^ y
The arrangement is that the first letter constitutes the Bab
and the last the Fasl, each Fasl bonsisting of three vSections, viz
the Arabic, then the Persian and finally the Turkish words, indi-
cated respectively by a red » — i and i-i>
The lyiatimah, treating of the meanings of single letters in
Persian, begins on fol 344»
Written in small Ta‘liq, occasional notes on the margin
Not dated, apparently 19th century.
Scribe
No. 246.
foil. 514; lines 23, size 13|X7], 10X5|
FARH ANG-B JAH ANGIr I
The famous Persian dictionary, containing purely Persiah
words, with copious poetical quotations, by Jamal- ud-Din Husayn
Inju bin Fakhr-ud-Din Hasan Shirazi ^
^^1^ who died in Agrah in or after AH 1032 =
A D 1623 The author commenced the work under Akbar and
finished it AH. 1017 == A.D 1608, under Jahangir, after whom it
IS named
Beginning
ic Jji y
An introduction or Muqaddimah, divided into twelve A’ins,
treats of the Persian language, dialects, grammar, etc , fol 4« ;
the dictionary proper begins thus on fol. 16^
aJl » o.iI j The arrangement is that the second
letter constitutes the Bab, the first the Fasl The appendix
(I^atimah) divided into five treats of metaphorical and figu-
rative expressions, compound words, words containing any of the
letters peculiar to Arabic, Zand, Pazand, and foreign words, on
fol 437«
The work has been lithographed in Lucknow, A.H. 1293.
Written in large Indian Ta‘liq within coloured-ruled borders,
with an illuminated head-piece
Dated 17th ghawwal, A.H 1222
25
194
Fol lo bears the following signature • —
“Lewis Da Costa, Calcutta, July, 1827 ”
The signature is followed by a note, written in the same
handwriting giving a short description of the work
No. 247.
foil 557, lines 29, sizolI]-x6], 9X5
BURHAN-T-QATr
A dictionary of the Persian language including words bor
lowed from the Arabic and several other languages, by Muham-
mad Husayn, poetieally called Burhan, bin Khalaf iit-Tabrizi
^ completed AH
1062 = A D 1651 and dedicated to ‘Abd Ullah Qutub ^ndi (A H
1035-1083 = AD. 1625-1672)
Beginning * --
The work consists of nine Fa’idahs, on the Persian language,
its letters, particles and oithography The description of these
Fa’idahs, found in other copies, is wanting here, in consequence
of a lacuna after fol Twenty-eight Guftars, comprising the
entire dictionary, in which the words are arranged according to
the first, second and third letters, fol. 8^ The 29th Guftar, con-
taining seventy-one woids, most of which are foreign words and
proper names, begins on fol 556^ The work has been edited by
Capt. Roebuck, Calcutta, 1818, and reprinted in 1^22 and 1834
Written in good Nasldi within gold and coloured-ruled borders
with an illuminated but faded head-piece.
The headings are written in bolder Naskh
Not dated, apparently 17th century
No. 248.
foil 282, lines 15, size9X5f, 6X3^.
FARHANG-I-FARUQI.
A defective copy of a Persian dictionary. Several folios are
missing from the beginning, consequently the name of the author,
the title of the work, etc , cannot be ascertained from the text
195
In the colophon, however, the work is called It
opens abruptly with the words ^
The first word explained here is The arrangement is that
the first letter constitutes the Bab, and the last the Fasl. The
explanations are very short arid there are few poetical quotations
The first two chapters, viz, of and b, and the earlier portion
of the third ( b a^-e wanting Several folios at the beginning are
misplaced
Written in ordinary Indian Ta‘liq
Dated, Friday, the 14th of Rajab, A H 1049
Scribe — ^vcUlI y)
The upper margins of several folios at the beginning are re-
placed by new ones.
(h) Arnhic-Pershin Dictionaries.
No. 249.
foil. 281 ; lines 19, size 8JX4^ ; 7X3^.
gUi
TAJ-UL-ASAMI.
An Arabic-Persian dictionary m which the words are arranged
according to the initial and the final letter, that is th(‘ fii ^t letter
of a word contributes the Bab and the last the Fasl
Beginning —
* j all jM0.2CV.i)
The dictionary begins immediately after three lines devoted
to the praise of God and the Prophet, and the name of the author
does not appear anywhere in the text, but Dr Ethe, Bodl Lib
No. 1634, says that in Fraser’s hand-list the work has been
ascribed to the celebrated Mahmud bin ‘Umar-uz-Zamakh^ari
^ who died A H. 538 == A D 1143.
The first 104 folios are written in fair Naskh and the rest in
ordinary Nastadiq inclined towards Naskh
The last folio has been supplied in a modern hand.
Not dated, apparently 19th century.
196
No. 260.
foil 503, lines 19, size 10Jx6; 8JX4
cljUUI JaT
KANZ-UL-LUCAT.
An Arabic-Persian dictionary by Muhammad bin ^Abd-ul-
Khaliq bin Ma‘ruf * — dedicated to
Kargiya Sultan Muhammad bin Giya bin Nasir^iya of Gilan,
who reigned AH 861-883 = AD 1447-1478, and his son and
heir, Kargiya Mirza ‘All, who was killed AH 911 «= A.D. 1505.
Beginning . —
J C/?' jXiy^ jib
# j oUJ
The dictionary itself begins on fol 4^ with the ob
^ ^ It^is arranged alphabetic-
ally according to the first and the last letter of the words.
Written in fair Nasta‘liq.
The last three folios are damaged
Not dated, apparently 19th century
No. 251.
foil 37, linos 19, size 9 x 5i , 7 X 3 J
THE SAME
A fragment of the preceding work, beginning as usual. Pol.
7^ is followed by a large lacuna corresponding with fol. 10^, line 18
to fol 477, line 13 of the preceding copy, and fol 8« suddenly
begins with jLaJI ^
Written in fair Nastadiq, by Din Muhammad, a servant of
Mir Sayyid*Muhammad Firuz.
Dated 7th Rabi‘ II, AH. 1127
The margins of the first seven folios contain some points of
Muhammadan law in the forms of questions and answers, written
in a later hand.
197
No. 252.
foil 309, lines 17, size 9X6|; 6^X4
CL}UJi)l
MUNTA^ AB-UL-LUOAT-I-SHAH JAH ANI.
The popular Arabic-Persian dictionary, by ‘Abd-ur-Ra^id
il-Husayni ul-Madani ut-Tatawi
jomposed m A H. 1046 = A D. 1636, and dedicated to the emperor
3hah Jah^.
Beginning —
^ I sS ^ ^ xLbJ I j
It is also called Ra^idi ‘Arabi and is arranged alphabetically
iccording to the initial and final letters
A reproduction of this work, arranged in the alphabetical form
)f European dictionaries, was published by J H Taylor, Calcutta,
L816, other printed editions appeared ib. 1808 and 1836, Luck-
K'W, 1835, 1845 and A.H. 1286, lithographed, Bombay, 1862.
Written in small careless Ta‘liq
Not dated, apparently the latter part of the 19th century.
No. 253.
toll. 296, lines 30, size 13X8^; 10x5.
QABtJS.
The Persian translation of Majd-ud-Din Muhammad Firuz-
ibadi’s (d A H 817 — AD 1414) well-known Arabic dictionary,
I *
jhe Qamus, by Muhammad Habib Ullah 4 JjI com-
3leted A.H 1149= A.D 1736
The work is divided by the binder into two volumes.
Vol. I Beginning —
The dictionary itself begins on fol. 9^^ with the word
The Babs aie arranged according to the last, the Fasls according
bo the first letter. This volume ends with the word la^j.
198
^ No. 264.
foil. 291 (297-682) , lines and size same as above
Vol. II
The continuation of the preceding copy, beginning with
The first word is
Both the copies are written m small NastaMiq by one scribe
within coloured-ruled borders with a beautifully illuminated head-
piece at the beginning of the first volume.
The date of transcription, given at the end of the second
volume, IS Sunday, the 7th Jumada TI, A H 1229.
The copy has been amended and repaiied in many places.
The last tour folios of volume second are mounted upon new
margins
(r) Tarki sh ~ Persia a Dictioaarih
No. 255.
foil. 128, lines 14, size9|^X5|, 7| X 3|^,
LUCAT-I-TURKl.
A vocabulary of Turki or Onental Turkish, explained in Per-
sian, by Fadl Ullah Klian 4 Jl)I who wrote it by the order
of the emperor ‘Aurangzib.
Beginning —
I >Uj
)) Jf
jUliI
^ySiLu^
It IS divided into an Introduction and three Babs, as follows —
Introduction, on Turki suffixes, fol
First Bab, Verbs arranged rn alphabetical order according to
the first letters, fol. 2^. Second Bib, Nouns arranged m alpha-
betical order, according to the first and last letters, fol. 31^. This
chapter is wrongly styled instead of The Third
Bab on miscellaneous words, as numerals, limbs of the body, names
of animals, of Turkish tribes, etc., is wanting in this copy
Printed at the request of Sir W Ouseley, with improvement
and additions, by Maulavi ‘Abd-ur Rahim, Calcutta, A H. 1240.
Written in careless Indian TaTiq.
Foil 87-104 are damaged and worm-eaten and the top margins
of these folios are hopelessly damaged.
199
Not dated, apparently 19th century
Foil 106^>- 1 22^. Miscellaneous Arabic verses with their respec-
tive metre and paraphrase in Persian
Foil 123^-128« A long letter in Persian in which the writer,
who calls himself at the end ^ J
, explainvS the meaning of some difficult and doubtful verses
of ^haqani.
( 2 ) Grammar*
No. 256.
foil 305 , lines 19 , size 9| x 6 6X3]
sharh-i-shafiyah.
A Persian commentary on Ibn-ul-Hajib’s (d. A H 646 = A D.
1248) treatise on etymology and orthography, styled This
commentary was composed by Muhammad HMi bin Muhammad
Salih of Mazandaian ^ (who
was still alive in A H 1088 = AD 1677), at the request of Nawwab
Klian bin Khan bin Khln Husayn 'Ali ;^an.
Beginning —
yjJ ^ JL
* ^il ^ all
The Arabic original is over-lined in red or written in large
NasWi
Written m fair Nasta lic^
About fifty folios m the beginning are water-stained. Foil.
245-301 are mounted on new maigins. The last four folios have
been supplied in a modern hand
Not dated, apparently 18th century.
No. 257.
foil. 377, lines 17, size 101 X7i, bx4i.
THE SAME.
Another copy of the pieceding work, without any mark of
distinction between the original text and the commentary.
Written in ordinary Taliq at the desire of Maulavi Maqbul
Husayn
Dated, Thursday, 6th of Rabi‘ 1, A.H. 1253.
200
No. 258.
foil. 220, lines 19, size 12X7^, 9x4f.
^AFIYAH.
Another Persian commentary on Ibn-ul-Hajib’s b}^
Muhammad Sa‘d j.Aaa/o, see foL 1^, line 10 (but m the con-
clusion, fob 219®, line 15, he is called Muhammad Sa^id, sumamed
Oalib, ^o.sv><), who completed it in Safar, A.H,
1097=-AD 1685
Beginning —
J ^ j
The text, written in large NasWi, is over-lined in red
Written in ordinary Indian TaTiq
Dated 27th Rabi^ I, A H 1227.
Scribe —
A note on fol 1« in the handwriting of Sayyid ^Ali Muham-
mad of Panduah says that Maulavi Fadl-ur-Rabb inherited the
copy from his grandfather, Maulavi Qalandar Bakh^, from whom
‘All Muhammad purchased it in 1274 [Bengali year).
No. 259.
foil. 169 ; lines 18 , size X 4J ; 6 X 2j.
I
^ XL
SHARH-l-ALFIYYAH.
A Pei Sian commentary on the famous Arabic grammar in
Vp,
verse, entitled or ysxjJI ^ of Jamal-ud-Din Abu ‘Abd
Ullah Muhammad bin ^Abd Ullah ut-Ta’i, known as Ibn-i-Malik
(who died AH 672==AD. 1273), by Muhammad ‘Ali bin Maulana
Aqa Baba’i Sirkani
Beginning —
jJ L<1 JJJ
* jL^] J
201
The Arabic original is written in red
Foil. 3-72 are written in ugly Nasta‘liq, the rest in fair
Nasta‘liq
Not dated, apparently 19th century.
No. 260.
foil 70 , lines 1 1-27 , size 8| X 5^ , 7|-6 5-3
Three Persian treatises on Arabic grammar
I. Dastur-ul-Mubtadi, fol 1® On the laws of
permutation which apply to the Arabic irregular verbs, compiled
by Safi bin Nasir ^^^i his son Abul Makarim Isma‘il,
in the form of questions and answers
Beginning —
Foil 1«-15® are written in fair Nasta‘liq, the rest in careless
Nim-^ikastah
II t 9j^ Sarf-i-Mir, fol 33^ The popular treatise on
Arabic inflexion, by Mir Sayyid Sharif Jurjani » — sLi yt
who was born A H 740 = A D 1339, and died AH 816 = AD
1413
Beginning —
y iyy sS ^ uJjjI
* y ^ j j
Written in fair Nasta'liq in the Madrasah of Mun^i Sadr-ud-
Din by Shaykh Fadl Ullah, son of Shay^ Muhammad ‘Adil bin
Shaykh Muhammad Zahid, resident of Chaklah Jasar, Sarkar
Khalifah Abad.
III. An anonymous treatise dealing with various technicalities
of Arabic grammar, explained in the form of questions and
answers, fol. 65®.
Beginning . —
* (J^I y
Written in careless small Ta‘liq.
None of the treatises is dated, but apparently all of them
were written in the 19th century.
26
202
No. 261.
foil. 66, lines 8-15, size 8JX5^, 0^X3|.
A collection of treatises on Persian Grammar.
I Foil 1^-10« Jami‘-ul-Masadir, on Persian
infinitives, arranged in alphabetical order
Beginning * —
( or* ^
TI Foil ll«-20« An anonymous grammar containing para
digms of Persian Verbs.
Beginning . —
III Foil. 2l«-2F^ JwaJI ujyo Darb-ul-Masal. A collection
of Persian proverbs
Beginning —
* iiy jL/c fJiyJL XJjijI ^
IV. Foil. 25^-42^
their different forms.
Beginning —
Anothei treatise on Persian Verbs with
V. Foil 43?>-66^>
wjU wy.cly Qawa‘id-i-Farsi. A Persian
grammar dealing with different forms of the the significa-
tion of the single letters of the alphabet, and some compound
words, by Rau^an ‘Ali Ansaii of Jaunpur
who died as professor in the College of Fort William, Calcutta,
about A.D. 1810.
Beginning * —
f
ajj) ijy**)
3
^ ^ MyJJyyi
AJLijw^ ||hu> y AJ I
It IS divided into a Muqaddimah, eleven Babs and a Khatimah
It has been printed m Calcutta, A H 1232 and 1249, and
lithographed in Lucknow
Written in fair Na8ta‘liq.
Not dated, apparently 19th century.
203
(s) Prosody.
No. 262.
toll. 116, lines 12; size8|x6, 7X4
1 I ^}[xA I
AL-MU‘JAM FI MA‘AYiR-I AS1H‘AR-TL-‘AJAM
A work on prosody, rhyme and poetical figures, by Shams-
ud-Din Muhammad ibn Qays of Ray
Beginning —
* 4JJ
The work has been edited by Mirza Muhammad with intro-
duction and indices in ‘‘E J W Gibb Memorial” series (London,
1909)
The title of the work given in the preface is
in the colophon it is called ^rswuJI jUx^
but it has been labelled and entitled by some forhier owner
or ^9 -which, as we know, is
a work on the same subject by the famous poet Rashid-ud-Din
Watwat (d A.H 578 = A D. 1182) and which >ihams-i-Qays men-
tions in the preface, fol 4«.
The present copy is somewhat abridged Most of the poetical
quotations found in the printed edition are omitted, while the
prose part is merely an abstract The system of divisions and
arrangement, found in the printed edition, is maintained The
year in which the author began to write the book is given here as
AH. 615 = AD 1218, instead of A H 614, as in the printed
edition, and the name of the person to whom the woik is dedi-
cated runs here thus —
u-i-Jai ^Jlc uJ^JLo jixSLo
J>j jjI ^Jael ^b))l <X.L kJI /(^
«r ^HL j AJH.^ ajul ^
Of the two Qisms into which the work is divided the first on
Prosody, sub-divided into four Babs, begins on fol 5^ , the second
on Rhyme, sub-divided into six Babs, on fol 55« The I^iatimah
on poetical figures begins on fol. 1 1 1®.
204
Written in a careless and hasty Nasta‘Iiq In the colophon,
dated 23 Jumada IJ, A H 1236, the scribe Ihc ^
says that he completed the transcription in twenty days.
No. 263.
foil H8 , lines 22 , size 8|X , 6| X 2f
MAJMA‘-US-SANA’r.
A treatise on poetical figures by Nizam-ud-Din Ahmad bin
Muhammad Salih us-Siddiqi-ul Husayni ^
JLc, who completed it, as stated at the end, on
the 3rd of Ramadan, A H 1060 = A.D. 1650.
Beginning —
* 1 UUib j UjJlc ^1 al)
'Che work is divided into four chapters and an Appendix
as follows. —
1. various kinds of composition, fol 3«
2, word-ornaments, fol 14«
3 j^y concetti, fol 50^.
4 plagiarisms in poetry, fol. 81^.
Appendix, on technical terms, fol 84^.
Written m ordinary but legible Nasta‘liq, at the desire of
Muhammad ‘Ali Khan, with occasional emendations on the margins.
Dated 22nd Jumada II, AH 1172, the fifth regnal year of
‘Alamgir II
Scribe — ^
No. 264.
foil 107 ; lines 15 ; size 8| X 5 , 6 X 3J.
THE SAME.
Another copy of the preceding work.
Chapter I on fol 3^ II on fol 16^^. Ill on fol. 63». IV
on 97^ The appendix or Khatimah in this copy is not distin-
guished from the rest by a heading.
205
Written m ordinary Ta‘liq.
Dated 16th Muharram, AH. 1204
No. 266.
foil 69; lines 30; size 12X8; 9^X6|.
A very interesting, valuable and curious composition on the
logical and rhetorical sciences and the art of rhyming The work
is an anonymous one, and is bound in two separate parts.
Part I
Beginning * —
^lUJI jUiI ^Uaii! jLI ^
* ^i) ^UJL>
In the beginning the author mentions the celebrated Nasir-
ud'Din Tusi (d A H 672 = AD 1273) and the work
This part is devoted for the greater part to Logic, in dealing with
which the author gives a clear exposition of the abstract principles
of the science, and the meaning and explanation of logical terms,
profusely illustrated by examples. The latter portion of the work
IS devoted to prosody and rhyme
No. 266.
foil. 67 , lines and size same as above.
Part II. On the various embellishments of prose and poetical
compositions, rhetorical figures, tropes and other artifices of poetry,
on prosody and rhyme, the pimciples of scansion, the different
feet and the modifications of which each is susceptible, with a
discussion on the different metres and a dissertation on rhyme,
etc., profusely illustrated by quotations from ancient and modern
authors
Foil l^-3« contain the earlier portion of Sharaf-ud-Din Ibn-
ul-Muqri’s (d A H ^37*== AD 1433) ‘Unwan-u^-gharaf (litho-
graphed, Calcutta, A H 1272), composed by order of Malik Ashraf
l8ma‘il bin ‘Abbas (AH 778-803 = AD 1376-1400), the seventh
king of the Rasuli dynasty of Yaman The ‘Unwan-ush-Sharaf,
of which onlv a portion (extending to line 17, p 6 of the litho-
graphed edition) is quoted in the present MS as a specimen is a
very curious composition. It begins with a treatise on Muham-
madan law according to the Shafi‘i school
206
Beginning
5 ^ t I ^osxXm^ j *^,o»iSxi| ^ j 4JJ i^.a^sexJI
* )1 ^
I of vXo^il in the above line is' written in red. The second
.Uisx'l in the line is written in red within a column, is also
written in red within a column, and the last letter of the last word
in the line ( ^ ) is written in red too. The first letter of the first
word in the second and each succeeding line, or it and one or more
of the following letters, and the last letter of the last word, or it
and one or two others, arc written in red Portions of the second
and each succeeding line are written in led in the columns in which
j.,6^1 and of the first line are so written. The words formed
by the “first word” letters written in red, read from the top
downwards, compose a treatise on prosody The words formed
by reading the letters in the right-hand column, from the top
downwards, compose an account of the Easuli dynasty of Yaman
The words formed by reading the letters in the left-hand column
compose a treatise on grammar Those formed by the “ last- word ’ ’
letters compose a treatise on rhyme There are, therefore, five
treatises in all
Quotations from well-known Arabic and Persian authors, both
ancient and modern, are numerous, the last name given being
Sa’ib’s (d AH 1088 = AD 1677), found on fol 22&, line 9 It
seems, therefore, probable that the work was composed towards the
end of the 17th century or at the beginning of the 18th century
Both parts are elegantly written by the same scribe m beautiful
minute Naskh and Nastafiiq m gold, blue and red, within gold
and coloured borders with a beautifully illuminated head-piece at
the beginning of the First Part Scattered notes are found here
and there on the margins
Neither of the copies is dated, but apparently they were
written immediately after the composition of the work
(4) Rhetoric, Ornate Prose and Letters.
No. 267.
foil. 247 , lines 13 , size 8X4}, 5} X 2}.
RASA’IL-UL-I‘JAZ.
The second of the five Books (Risalah) of Amir ^usrau’s
(d AH 725 = A.D. 1326) famous work on epistolographv
207
and elegant prose-wnting entitled Raaa’il-ul-T‘jaz or Tjaz-i-IOius-
rawi, completed, according to W Pertsch, Berlin Cat No 1056, on
the 7th Shawwra, AH 716 = Dec 23, A D 1316.
Beginning —
ir ^1 ^ L^LuwJ^
As in the Berlin copy (W. Pertsch, loc cit ), there are ten
J^ats The first Eisalah has been lithographed in Lucknow, A D
1865, and the whole work in the same place, 1876
This copy, a good one, is written in beautiful clear Nasta‘liq
within gold and coloured-ruled borders, with an illuminated, now
faded, head-piece
Not dated, apparently 1 7 th century
A note on fol is dated A.H. 1114 On the same page the
work IS wrongly endorsed in a modern hand “ ’’
No. 268.
foil 119 , lines 15 , size 9| X 6J , 6x3.
An incomplete copy of one of the aforesaid five Risfilahs of
Amir ^usrau
Beginning —
Fol is followed by a lacuna Several folios are also missing
from the end The MS breaks off in the middle of the second
Harf of the fourth Khat The contents of the second Harf of the
third Oat (fol 65®), however, agree with the extract of Letter 3,
Book (Risalah) IV, given in Elliot, Vol III, p. 666
Written in fair Nastadiq within gold and coloured-ruled borders
with an illuminated head-piece and an ‘Unwan.
Not dated, apparently 17th century
No. 269.
foil. 9, lines 17-22, size 10x6, 5X2|.
KHWAN-I-KHALIL
Zuhuri’s ^jyi^ (d. about A H 1025 = A.D. 1616) well-known
preface to the Owan-i-Oalil. *
208
Beginning after five lines, which undoubtedly are the conclud-
ing lines of a prose work of the same poet —
Printed at Lucknow, 1846 , at Cawnpore, A.H. 1269 and A D
1873.
Written diagonally in beautiful minute Shikastah hand within
illuminated and gold and coloured-ruled borders The original
folios containing the text are gold sprinkled throughout and are
mounted on thick piece boards
Not dated, apparently 19th century.
No. 270.
foil. 66 , lines 15 , size 8 X , 6|^ X 3 ^
Two different collections of letters bound in one volume
I. Foil l^-20o J.^1 y] Ruqa‘at-i-Abul Padl The
familiar letters of Akbar’s Prime Minister Abul Fadl yl,
addressed to friends, collected and edited by his nephew Nur-ud-
Din Muhammad, called here, fol 1^, Nur Muhammad ;y, who
died in AH 1003 = AD 1694.
Beginning with a short preface —
* Li>L)Ua^! ye ^ ^ ^ kXx.>
The letters have been printed m Calcutta, A.H. 1238.
II Foil 33^-56« 4jil Ruqa‘at-i-Aman Ullah
Husayni. A collection of letters by the celebrated Aman Ullah
Khan, son of Mahabat I£han ^ ^(.A A)} ^UI, of Shah
Jahan and Aurangzib’s time He is the author of several other
works, and died A H. 1044 or 1046 = A D 1634 or 1637
Beginning —
jJu: yly ^ d:-y djyb iS 0^
This collection seems to be identical with the shorter one
noticed m Ethe, Ind. Office Lib No 2934 Printed in Calcutta,
and lithographed in Lucknow, A H 1269
Written in careless Tadiq
Dated 1228 Bengali year
Scribe: —
209
A collection of short letters written by Aurangzib ^
to his children and some of the nobles of his court, edited and
collected by Subudb Mai (m Elliot, Hist, of India, Vol
VII, p. 205, “ Budh Mall ”), surnained Ram, at the desire of Rajah
Aya Mai hi The title forms a chronogram for the date
of compilation, A H 1152 = A.D 1739.
Beginning —
•.Lk'O Jaxsx^o
The letters are arranged under the heads of the persons to
whom they are addressed The collection has been lithograpJied
m the Anwar-i-Muhammadi Press, A H 1293, under the title of
This title IS also found m the subscription of the
l^resent MS
Written in ordinaiy Tadiq
Not dated, apparently 19th century
No. 272.
foil 171, lines 12, size 7i X 4] , 5x2]
KALIMAT-I-TAYYIBAT
A very beautiful and correct copy of a collection of notes
written by Aurangzib v in the latter portion of his reign,
consisting for the most part of short instructions for letters to be
wiitten in his name, by his favourite Secretaiy, Triayat Ullali
Khan ajjl ' — — 'Uj: (d AH. 1179 — AD 1765), who edited the
collection
Beginning —
ii.»?(jLck. ^ iS iXJ I (LVaw,^ I*Jj j I ^ I
* ^1 jj(Jt )j ^ijjS
27
210
The versified chronogram , expressing the date of the compila-
tion, A.H. 1131 == A D, 1718, mentioned by Rieu i, p. 401, is not
found here.
This collection has been printed, under the title oijs^lc
in TiUcknow, A H. 1260, and in Lahore, AH. 1281
Written in beautiful bold Nasta‘liq within gold and coloured-
ruled borders with an illuminated head-piece and a double-page
‘Unwan The Arabic quotations, written in red, are supplied with
vowel points.
Two illuminated stars at the beginning of the copy contain the
title of the work and the name of the editor, written in bolder
Nasta‘liq, 4 Jl)I ^
Dated A.H 1141 , i e ten years after the date of compilation.
Scribe — sLu
No. 273.
foil 66, lines 14, sizeSJXS, 7X4.
DAKM i R AH-T- JA WAHIR
A defective copy of a collection of letters written to Aurang-
zib and the princes and nobles of his time. The copy is defective
at both ends and opens abruptly with a part of the compiler’s
name Shah Nawaz, thus —
J f-£LC- j) ^ JiLur •••••*
From the defective preface in the present copy we can however
glean the following particulars — The above-named Shah Nawaz
Husayni, who flourished during the time of Aurangzib, was a
Mun^i of Sayyid ‘Izzat Khan of Muhammad ‘Azim’s Court. He
was requested by his brother Muhammad Hayat to collect and
edit some of the letters which he, m the capacity of Munshi, had
written to Aurangzib and the princes and nobles of his reign.
Hence the present collection The MS. breaks off with the follow-
ing words : —
Written m legible Ta‘liq and Shikast.
Not dated, apparently 19th century.
211
No. 274.
foil 24; lines 16, size9|^X6, 9X5|.
An anonymous collection of private letters written in the 19tli
century Beginning abruptly without any preface —
j J jJ JyJ \.J:^Ax£:
* ^1 jIj
Written in careless and ugly Ta‘liq
Not dated, apparently 19th oentuiy.
(5) Proverbs.
No. 275.
foil. 218, lines 17, size 9ix6, 7X4.
‘AJA’TB-UL-AMSAL
A collection of Persian proveibs with short verbal explana-
tions and anecdotes illustrating the origin and application of pro-
verbs, by Muhammad ‘Ali Jabal-rudi who
lived in the eleventh century of the Hijrah and came to Haydar-
abM A.H. 1064 = A.D. 1644, in the time of ‘Abd Ullah Qutub
Shah • see Rieu, p. 773^.
Beginning . —
* ^1 jJbLw
The proverbs are alphabetically arranged, each letter form-
ing a Section (Fasl) The work seems to be identical with the
by the same author, noticed in Rieu loc. cit., but the
preface is different.
A very incorrect copy. Written in ordinary Tadiq The MS.
IS worm-eaten and damaged in many places.
Not dated, apparently 19th century.
212
VIL POETRY.
Anthologies.
No- 276.
foil 574, lines 23; size 14X9, 9X5.
SHAH NAMAH
An exceedingly valuable copy of the famous epic poem Shah
Namah, by Abul Qasim Mansur surnamed Firdausi yl
, who was born in Shadab near Tus about A H.
321 or 322 = A D 933 or 934, and died in A.H 411 = A D. 1020
According to some the poet died m A.H 416 = AD 1025 or AH
421--AD 1030
The work has been frequently lithogiaphed and printed See
Ethe, Tnd Office Lib Cat No 860
This copy contains the introduction written m A H 8 29 =-
A D 1426 by the order of Mirza Baysangar, and begins thus —
The preface concludes with a list of the ancient Persian kings
from Kayumurs to Yazdijird described in the text
The poem opens thus on fol 10 « —
The second halt of the SJicih Namah, which begins on fol 263^^
IS entitled here u- >(If
A very fine specimen of eastern ornamentation containing the
following quatrains written in golden letters on toll
jb y jfyi y ) ^ ^jb
U-Xu (Si » — jL^jI Li?0b j.L.ax)
The following folio^^ contain richly illuminated illustrations —
7«, 10^, 66 «, 100« 123a, 156^ 182^>, 210a, 232?>, 246a, ^^63^ 286a, 295a,
3152», 333a, 349 a^ 3016 ^ 382^, 392^, 416a, 424a, 467^ 478^, 507^, 526a
and 540^
Wiitten in fine Nasta‘liq, within four gold and coloured-ruled
columns. The headings are written on gold grounds.
Not dated, apparently 16tb century
213
A note on fol says that ‘Inayat UlLih Salari of Murshid-
abad purchased this MS. through Sayyid Muhammad Tahir Shirazi
for rupees seven hundred A second note on the same folio says
that Maulavi Sayyid Sadr-ud-Oin Ahmad of Buhai, Barda^van,
received it from the said ‘Tnayat Ullah
No. 277.
toll 499, lines 24 size 151^X9}, 8fx4J
THE SAME
Another copy of th(‘ Shah Namah wanting the Baysangari
pi eface
Beginning —
Foil V)-2a contain sumptuously designed decorations Other
illustrations are to be found on toll 11^, 29^^ 57«, 64«, 88a, lOO^^
133'^ 141«, 163^, i73^\ 201^, 217", 244", 282^, 295", 311", 341", 402",
414^', 458" and 480^
Foil 5"-493^^ are written in the same hand as the preceding
copy The first four folios and foil 194-499 are supplied in a later
Indian hand Written within four columns within gold and
coloured-ruled borders
Not dated, apparently 16th century
No. 278.
foil. 208, lines 13, size 10^X7, 8X4]
MUNTAKHAB-I-SIHAH NAMAH.
An abridgment of Firdausi’s Shah Namah, with copious ex-
tracts from the poem, connected by a prose narrative It contains
an account from Kayiimurs to Arda^ir Babagan.
Beginning . —
* h yc ^
The author Tawakkul Beg bin Tulak Beg Jfy
an officer of Prince Dara Shikuh, made this abridg-
ment at the request of Shamshir Khan, Thanahdar of Oaznin, to
whom he was sent as a chronicler by the said prince in AH. 1063
= AD 1652.
214
The woik is also known aj ^^uUsah-i-Shah Namah, Tariyi-i-
Dilkudia and Tarildi-i-Sham^ir Khani
Written in careless Indian Ta‘liq
Not dated, apparently 19th centiiiy
No. 279.
foil 238 lines 15, size 9X4^, 6X22
I2R Jj ^
YUSUF WA Z ALIKE A
Firdausi’s romantic poem on the loves of Yiisiif and Zaliyia,
Beginning —
The work lias been repeatedly lithographed in C^awnpore
Dr Ethe has publislied an excellent edition of the work
Written in neat Nasta'liq within gold and coloured-ruled bor-
ders First two folios are profusely illuminated The MS. is worm-
eaten and pasted over m many places
Dated A H 1038.
Scribe — ^ I
A note on the fly-leaf at the beginning in the handwriting of
tlie donor records the price of the MS. as Rs 15
No. 280.
foil 139 , lines 1 4 , size 1 1 X 6| , 7 X 4^^.
DiWAN-I-ABUL FARAJ RUNI.
The lyrical poems of Maulana Abul Faraj bin Mas‘ud of Run^
a village m Lahore He flourished
during the reigns of Sultan Ibrahim Gaznawi (d A H. 492 = A.D.
1098) and Sultan Mas‘ud Gaznawi (d. A.H. 608== AD. 1114), to
both of whom he addressed a large number of laudatory poems.
The diwan opens with a biographical sketch of the poet, be-
ginning thus — -
^(.sx.^3 y j y
215
Beginning of the diwan ’ —
b J b xji;}y ^ jC
The usual beginning of the diwan is found on fol. 5l«, as
follows —
sU j ikiJJ yl
The diwan consists of two parts, of which the first contains
Qasidahs, a few Qit‘ahs and a series ot Ruba‘is, all arranged in
alphabetical order; and the second, a large number of 6azals,
intermixed with Qasidahs and Qit‘ahs, without any order, begin-
ning thus on fol 86^ —
^X3J J
I L3r’ e/-* j
Foil 137^^-139^ contain a senes of alphabetically arranged
Rubais intermixed with those of ‘Umar Khayyam (cf Rieu ii .
p 5 4 6«), beginning • —
Lw! jjjS' ^ J y tfS OJ ^
tw) L->
Written in bold and fair Nastaliq within gold and coloured-
ruled borders, with three illuminated ‘Unwans on foil 1^, 2« and
86^. Spaces for headings are left blank throughout the copy.
Not dated, apparently 19th century
No. 281.
foil 244, lines 21 , size 8J X 4|^ , 5|x2|.
HADIQAT-UL-HAQIQAH
The well-known poem on ethics by Sana’i’ , with his full name
Abul Ma]d Majdud bin Adam Sana’i ul-Oaznawi yl
who died most probably in A H 545 == A D
1150. For the various conflicting statements of the dates of the
poets’ death and his works see Bankipur Lib Cat. Nos 17-22.
The poem is preceded by a preface of ‘Ali Raqqam (or accord-
ing to Haj Khal lii, p 40, ‘Ali Raffa) who calls himself a disciple
of Sana’i The preface begins thus • —
* J| Li>(jksaJ 4JJ
216
The poem begins thus on fol 7^ —
^1 ^]ji
The poem is chvidt'd into ten chapters, fully enumerated in
Ethe, Bodl Lib Cat No 628
This copy breaks oiT with the chapter
Wutten in clear Na8ta‘Jiq uithm gold and coloured-ruled bor-
ders with the headings in red.
Not dated, apjiarently 16 th century.
The MS IS slightly worm-eaten
No. 282.
foil 299, lines 17, size 10|X6, 6| X 2 J
THE SAME
Another copy of Sana’is Hadiqah without any preface
Written in a clear Nasta‘liq within gold-ruled borders
Foil. 1-23, 171-187 and 196-202, wiitten in cleai Indian Nas-
tadi(|, are supplied in a later hand
Spaces for headings are left blank on foil 2^, 4«, 7'^, 9^, 12^h 13^,
14«, i6« 16«, 17^ 18«, 18^ 21^, 22«, 22^ and 23«
Additions and emendations are occavSionally found on the
margins.
Dated Rabi‘ I, A.H 1033
Scribe — Laj
A seal bearing the following verse from Nizamis Sikandar
Namah, is found at the end -
All the original folios have been mounted on new margins.
No. 283.
toll 215, lines 19 size 12J v 7^ , 8^X4J.
!.ATA’IF-UL-HAQATQ MIN NAFATS-UD-DAQATQ
The well-known revised and collated edition of Sana’i’s Hadi-
qah with commentaries and explanations of the text, by ‘Abd-ul-
Latif bin ‘Abd Ullah ‘Abbasi 4ijl ^ i sLAlaiil (d. A H.
1048 or 1049 = A D 1638 or 1639). This is ‘Abd-ul-Latif’s laiger
commentary on the Hadiqah, and an abridgment of this composed
217
by him in AH. 1044 == A D 1636, is described in Ethe, India
Office Lib, Cat No 923 He began the work in A.H 1040 = A.D.
1630, and finished it in A.H 1042 = A D 1032
Eof full p<*irticulars see Bankipur Lib Cat Vol I, pp 25*29,
where a valuable copy of this commentary is noticed. The present
commentary is divided by the binder into two separate volumes.
Vol I contains three prefaces by ‘Abd ul-Latif and one by Sana’i
foil L'-6^^ ‘Abd-ul-Latit’s first preface, called
written in A H 103^== A D 1028
Beginning —
foil The preface of Sana’i
Beginning —
loll 14^^-16« LAbd-ul-Latif’s second preface called
Beginning —
foil 16^^- 17'" ‘Abd ul-Latif ’s third preface called
Beginning —
« ^ ^
foil 18«-26'^ The contents of the Hadiqah
fol 27^^ The veisified index of the ten chapters into which
th(^ Hadiqah is divided
fol. 27^ begins the commimtary —
* J Jjtri
This copy breaks oft with the catch- words b
No. 284.
foil 220 , lines and size same as above
The second volume, or the continuation of the preceding copy,
opening with the line —
j> ^
y y ^
The date of composition of the Hadiqah, given at the end of
this copy, IS A H 534
Both the copies are written in ordinary Indian TaTiq by one
scribe
218
Not dated, apparently I9th century
Marginal notes and emendations are occasionally found in
both the copies
No, 285.
foil 26, lines 15, sr/ellxG; 6X2J
KUNUZ-UR-RUMUZ
Another Ma^nawi by the same Sana’i which is also called
kiLxdJl ^ ^ ! i^Lvxil fSjM
Beginning —
Foil 1^ and 2« are profusely illuminated
Written in beautiful Nasta‘liq within gold-ruled borders The
headings on foil 3'^ and 6^^ are written on gold ground Spaces
for headings are left blank throughout the copy
Not dated, apparently 17th century
A fine copy
No. 286.
foil. 169, pp 337, lines 19, sizcl2|-X7J, 81x4
DIWAN-I-SANA’i
The lyiical poems of Sana’i with his preface, beginning thus —
* ^ I u-/* L> sS ^ ^
The diwan consists of Qasidahs and Gazals (intermixed)
arranged m alphabetical order (pp 14-290), Fards or single verses
without any order (pp 290-291), and Ruba‘is m alphabetical order
(pp 291-337)
Beginning of the diwan, p 14 —
Written in a careless Indian Nasta‘liq. Spaces are left blank
in several places Additions and emendations are found in several
places.
Dated, Sunday the 20th of Asarh, 1299 ( == A.H 1310).
Scribe • — ^ -kh
219
No. 287.
foil 85 , lines 14 , size 10| X 6J , 7 X
<jt j>
DiWAN-l-MU‘rZZi
The lyrical poems of Amir Muhammad bin ‘Abd-ul-Mahk
L-XUI ^ , poetically siirnamed Muhzzi, a native
of Samarqand. He died m A H 542 = A D 1147
Beginning —
C-LwiI Jj/c (Xiil u— ^ I yjt j u) G
The diwan consists of two sections, of which the first contains
Qasidahs (foil 1^-54?^) without any order The second (foil 56^-
85&), containing a number of Oazals in alphabetical order, begins
as m Sprenger, p. 501
Jjj} j jL>
Written in bold and fair Nastadiq within gold and coloured-
ruled borders, with two ‘Unwans respectively on foil 1^ and 55^.
Spaces for headings are left blank throughout
Not dated, apparently 19th century
No. 288.
foil 19, lines 9; sizelOXOf, 6X4
A very beautiful copy of a metrical translation of the hundred
sayings of ‘Ali bin Abu Talib.
Beginning without any preface —
Neither the name of the translator nor the title of the work is
found in the text The following endorsement is found on the
fly-leaf at the beginning aSI oUi^ k^y.
It seems to be identical with the 8^ translation
of the hundred sayings ” by the celebrated poet Rashid-ud-Din
Watwat (d A.H. 578 = A.D. 1182), noticed m Rieu, pp. 553^
and 790^.
The Arabic text is written in elegant gold and blue Naskh,
followed by the translation written in beautiful minute Nastadiq
within floral designed space sprinkled with gold dust Double-
220
page ‘Unwan and beautifully illuminated head-piece. Thick,
creamy paper
This copy, representing the best specimen of Arabic and Per-
sian calligraphy, is of the penmanship of the famous scribe
1 KJ I ,
Dated, A H 943.
The original folios have been mounted on new maigins
No. 289.
foil 52 , lines 9 , size 7} X 4^ , 51x2;.
jSUi ^
NASR-UL-LA’ALT
Another metrical tianslation of a similar collection of the
sayyigs of ‘Ali, by a poet who adopts the Takhallus Hasan
(cl fol 52^% 11 4 and 7), arranged in alphabetical order
Beginning --
■t jjjMj
An illuminated star in the head-piece (jontrins the title of
the work —
meaning that it is a metiieal tianslation of the i e. sen-
tences ascribed to ‘Ali
Written in beautiful minute NastaMiq within gold and coloured-
ruled borders, with an illuminated head-piece The Arabic text
ij^ written in large Nasta‘liq.
Not dated, apparently 17th century
No. 290.
foil 339 , lines 1 9 , size 9^- X 5 , 6 x 3
DlWAN-l-ANWARJ.
The diwan of the great Persian Qasidah writer and astrologer
Auhad-ud-Din Anwari who at first adopted the
221
poetical title of lOiawari, assumed from his birth-place Khawaran,
but subsequently changed it to Anwari He flourished under
Sultan Sanjar (d A.H. 662 = A.D. 1166) and died A.H. 687 =
AD 1191.
The diwan has been printed and lithographed respectively in
Tabriz, A.H 1260 and 1266, in Lucknow, 1880.
The present copy is slightly defective at the beginning and
opens abruptly thus —
Qasidahs, fol 1?^; MuqattaVit, fol 178^, ftazals, fol. 271^,
Rubais, fol. 335“
There is a lacuna after fol 6“ Spaces for headings are left
blank throughout.
Written in fair Nastaliq with additions and emendations
Dated Jamadi T, A H 1012
No. 291.
toll 324, lines 17, size 6] X 4] ; 4J X 2]
DIWAN-I-KHAQANl.
A good copy of the lyrical poems of the celebrated poet Kha-
qani, with his full name Afdal-ud-Din Badil Ibrahim bin ‘All
Najjar Khaqani Shirwani
whose father was a carpentei and mother a nestorian
Christian converted to Islam He at first adopted the title of
Haqa’iqi, which he subsequently changed to Khaqani He died,
according to reliable sources, A H. 695 = A D. 1198
Beginning —
j(
y'; r"
This diwan consists of Qasidahs (fol. , Tarji‘-bands (fol.
203“), Mara^ji (fol. 249^) , Qit‘ahs (fol 310^^) and Ruba‘is (fol 313“).
Written in beautiful Nasta‘liq within gold and coloured-ruled
borders with an illuminated head-piece. The headings are written
in red. The first 98 folios contain marginal and interlinear notes
Not dated, apparently 16th century.
222
No. 292.
foil 369, lines 13, size I2jx8|; 8X4^.
THE SAME.
Another copy of IQiaqanis diwan, containing chiefly Qasidahs.
Beginning as usual —
The following subscription is found at the end of the copy * —
i.e. “from this place the contents are written in another volume,”
Marginal and interlinear notes are found at the beginning
of the copy. .
Written in careless Indian Tafliq
Not dated, apparently 1 9th century.
No. 293.
foil 228, lines 15, size I0x6|, 6ix3|.
SHARH-I-DIWAN-Mm AQANl .
\
A commentary on the abstruse verses of ^aqani, by Muham-
mad bin Da’ud bin Muhammad ‘Alawi Shadiabadi
(jjLi a favourite courtier of Sultan Nasir-ud-Din
l^ilji, who reigned in Malwah, A.H. 906-916 == A.D. 1500-1510.
i%adiabM, also called Mandu, is a division of Malwah The author
also wrote a commentary on the difficult verses of Anwari.
The present commentary begins with a preface —
* ^1 jSi
Written m legible Nasta'liq.
Not dated, apparently 18th century.
223
No. 294.
foil. 29 ; lines 16 , size X 3| , 6| X 2J
DiWAN-I-NIZAMI
A collection of lyrical poems attributed to Nizami, with his
full name Nizam-ud-Din Abu Muhammad Ilyas bin Yusuf bin
Mu’ayyid ul-Ganjawi
He was born m A H. 535 ~ A.D 1140 and died, accord-
ing to reliable authorities, A H. 699 — A.D. 1202
Beginning —
^ ^))
Sjisso w-iiai
The diwan consists chiefly of Qasidahs (foil 1^-1 2«) without
any alphabetical order. The Gazals in alphabetical order begin
thus on fol. 27^ —
I C iixA/O ^ ^
The MS , an incomplete one, is written in fair NastaTiq within
gold and coloured-ruled borders Folios have been misplaced m
several places.
Several notes m the MS say that this copy once belonged to
Maulavi Muhammad Mazhar, son of Maulavi Gulam Subhan IQian
Bahadur, Qadi-ul-Qudat of Bengal, son of Maulavi Muhammad
Wajid, of Pandwah in Hugli
Not dated, apparently 1 8th century
No. 295.
foil. 385, lines 19, size 11JX7, 7^X3|.
KHAMSAH-I-NIZAMl
A very interesting and valuable copy of the five poems of
Nizami.
1. Makhzan-ul-Asrar.
A mystic poem, composed A.H 572 or 573=»AD 1176 or
1177 and dedicated to Fa^r-ud-Din Bahram Shah (d. A.H. 622 =
A.D. 1226), son of Da'M, king of Armenia and Rum.
224
Beginning —
A3^tJ) 4Jjl
Lithographed, Lucknow, 1869, 1872, and with a commentary,
1881 , Cawnpur, 1869 Edited by H. Bland, London, 1844.
2 j Khusrau wa Shirln. The loves of Kliusrau
and Shirin, composed A.H 576 = A D. 1180
Beginning, fol 33^^ —
^ ^ {^xj ^ ^ ^ 'vuaSj
Lithographed at Lahore, A H 1288
3 ^ Layli wa Majnun A poem on the loves of
Layli and Majnun, composed A.H 584 = A D 1188 and dedicated
to Shirwan {^ah (d A.H 584)
Beginning, fol 112^^ —
^ f ^ (iri/V
Edited, Lucknow, 1870 and 1888
4. ^ ^ksb Haft Paykar, or “The Seven Stories ” related by
the seven favourites of the king^ Bahrain Gur, hence its other
name jyf
Beginning, fol 173^* —
y y ^y--^ y y
The poem was written for ‘Ala-ud-Din Karb Arstan, a descen-
dant of A(jshanqar Ahinadili. He was governor of Maragali, where
he was besieged in A H 602 = AD 1205 See Kamil, Vol XIT,
p. 156, and Vol X, p 483 It was completed 14th Ramadan,
A.H. 593 = A D, 1196
Lithographed in ^Bombay 1849, and Lucknow A.H. 1290.
One of the Seven Tales was published with a German translation
by F von Erdmann in his “ Behramgur und die Russische Fuers-
tentochter,” Kasan, 1844
5 <)U)b Iskandar Namali or ‘ The Book of Alexander ”
The poem is divided into two parts , the first part, called Sharat
Namah-i-Tskandari, or Iskandar Namah-i-Barri, treats of Alexan-
der as a conqueror, and records his battles on land. The second
part, entitled variously Kjiirad Namah-i-Iskandari, Iqbal Namah-
I'lskandari or Iskandar Namah-i-Bahri, describes the king as a
prophet and philosopher, and relates his adventures at sea.
225
The first part, dedicated to^ Nusrat-ud-Din Abu Bakr (A.H.
587-607 A D 1191-1210) and*completed in AH. 597 — A.D.
1200, begins thus on fol. 244^ —
The second part dedicated to Malik Qahir Tzz-ud-Din Mas'ud
(A.H. 607-615 = A D. 1210-1218) begins thus on fol 335^ • —
]jj] JjL« j
The first part of the Iskandar Namah was edited with a com-
mentary m Calcutta, 1812, and reprinted in 1825 The text
was printed in Calcutta, A H 1269, and lithographed with mar-
ginal notes in Lucknow, AH 1282, and in Bombay, 1277 and
1292u Extracts from the first part will be found in Franz von
Erdmann’s work ^‘De Expeditione Russorum Berdaam versus,”
Casan, 1826, and in Charmoy’s “Expedition d’Alexandre contre
les Russes, 1829.
The whole of the first part has been translated into English
by Captain H W Clarke, London, 1881
The second part was edited, under the title of Sikandar
Namah-i-Bahri, by Dr Sprenger, Calcutta, 1852 and 1869.
This valuable copy is written in beautiful fine Nasta^Iiq within
four gold and coloured borders with finely illuminated frontis-
pieces and ‘Unwans at the beginning of each poem The head-
ings are illuminated and written m blue throughout the copy
The following folios contain full page miniatures in the best Per-
sian style — 1&, 2«, 15&, 32«, 48« 70&, 87« 124«, 137^, 150«, 167^,
200«, 207^, 21 1«, 215«, 219 ^, 226« 231«, 260«, 277^ 294«, 297^ 343^,
356«, 369«, 384& and 385«
Dated A H. 941.
No. 296.
foil 123 ; lines 9 , size 8|^ X 4J ; 5| X 3
MAKHZAN-UL-ASRAR
Another copy of Nizami’s Ma^zan-ul-Asrar. The date o f
composition of the poem given here, fol 123^, is A.H. 559 =
AD 1163.
Beginning —
ajj) |» I oMiJ V«.I^'SAwJb
90
226
Written m large and legible Nasta‘liq within red-ruled borders,
with the headings in red. The first 34 folios contain copious notes
and annotations.
Dated Bihar, 16 Rabi‘ I, A.H. 1041.
Scribe-— I sxc.
No. 297.
foil. 63; lines 16; size 10|X6f , 5|X2f.
DiWAN-I-ASiR AKHSiKATI.
The lyrical poems of Maulana Asir-ud-Din of AWisikat (on
the river Jaxartis in Farganah) ^jJl a disciple
of ShayUi Najm-ud-Din Kiibra“(d A.H. 618 = A.D. 1221) and a
panegyrist of Sultan Arslan bin Tugrul (A H 666-671 = A D 1160-
1176) and Qizil Arslan (A.H 681-687 = AD 1185-1194) A^ir
died in A H. 608 = A D 1211.
The diwan, consisting of Qasidahs, Gazals and Qit‘ahs, begins
thus : —
The folios are misplaced in many places and the proper order
should be-— foil. 1&-212>, 26«-29^, 22«.26«^, 30»-43«>, 46« 44« 46«-622>.
Written in good Nasta‘liq within gold and coloured-ruled bor-
ders with illuminations at the beginning and end of the copy.
Not dated, apparently 16th century.
No. 298.
foil 40 , lines 8 ; size 8J- X 6 ; 6| X 4.
NISAB-US-SIBYAN.
The well-known versified Arabic-Persian Vocabulary of Mulla
Muhammad Badr-ud-Din, better known as Abu Nasr of Farab in
Sijistan ^ lU. He flourished
in the reign of Bahram Shah, who began to rule in Sistan, A.H.
611== AD 1215 Abu Nasr was still alive in A.H. 617 ==A.D
1230' the year in which he completed the present work.
Beginning . —
227
The work consists of 220 bayts. The Arabic and Persian
words used in the text are represented by the letters ^ for Arabic
and ^ for Persian.
The work has been frequently published, once in Calcutta, 1819.
Written in Nim-Shikastah.
Not dated, apparently 18th century.
No. 299.
foil. 272, lines 11 ; size 7X6, 4|X24.
jiLa
MA8NAWiYAT-I-‘ATTAR
A collection of the four Magnawis of the celebrated mystic
and profound Sufi poet Abu Hamid Muhammad bin Abu Bakr
Ibrahim Farid-ud-Din ^ Attar of Nishapur ^ yl
^Uac Joy who was born A.H. 513 — A.D.
1119, and was killed by the Mugals A H. 627 = A.D 1229.
Contents * —
I. ;^iyat Namah, beginning on fol 1^ —
It is divided into ten chapters, enumerated by Sprenger,
p. 356.
II Haft WMi, beginning on fol. 46^ : —
}j j|j yS ]j U- Tb y jl U-Tb Ji.6^
III. ^b Waslat Namah, beginning on fol. 77^ * —
^ j pty-f I j>- — u)
IV Jauhar-ud-Dat. This is only the first of the
three daftars of the Jauhar-ud-Dat and is incomplete Beginning,
fol. 154& —
The first three Masnawis (foil 1^-1 53<*) are written in ordi-
nary Nasta^iq inclined towards Naskh, by and are
dated A.H 1203. The last, written in Ta‘liq, breaks off with
the verse
228
No. 300.
foil. 800 ; lines 16 ; size 10 X ; 7X4.
^IJas
MASNAWiYAT-I-‘ ATTAR.
A collection of another Masnawis of ‘Attar : —
I. J/, Gul Khusrau, beginning on fol. 1^ ; —
II. j^xxfl Mazhar-ul-'Aja’ib, beginning on fol. 293^ : —
III. Asrar Namah, beginning on fol. 635^ —
jIj jIj
This poem ends with a colophon where the title of the work
is wrongly given as j
IV. Mantiq-ut-Tayr, beginning on fol. 644& —
\j U-/Uw j iXiJ ^ ^->1 ^
This poem, composed, according to Rieu, Supplt. No 235, ii,
AH. 683 = A D 1187, is divided into thirty sections. Litho-
graphed in Lucknow A. H 1288, and Bombay A.H. 1280. Edited
by Garcin de Tassy, Paris, 1857
Written in Indian Nasta'liq with the headings in red. The
last Masnawi is written on blue papers
Not dated, apparently 18th century.
Scribe —
A seal of U>j dated A H. 1251 is found at the begin-
ning and end of the copy.
No. 301.
foil. 137 , lines 16 ; size 7^ X 4J ; 5x 2|^
y^\
MANTIQ-UT-TAYR.
A badly damaged copy of ‘Attar’s Mantiq-ut-Tayr
Written in a careless Nim Shikastah with the headings in red.
Foil. 1-2, 8-9 and 129-137 are supplied in a later hand.
Not dated, apparently 17th century
The last folio contains a colophon dated Saturday, Jumada II .
A.H 44, by xill
229
No. 302.
foil. 301 lines 21 ; size 8| x ; 6| X
MAZHAR-UL.‘AJA’IB.
A copy of ‘Attar’s Mazhar-ul ‘Aja’ib.
Written in fair Na8ta‘liq within ruled borders with an illu-
minated but faded frontispiece. The headings are written in red
throughout the copy. Marginal notes are occasional Foil. 279-
295 are written in a later hand The date of transcription, given
in the colophon, has been erased by some mischievous hand, but
apparently the copy was transcribed in the 18th century
Foil. 1 and 295-301 are considerably damaged.
No. 303.
foil. 8; lines 13, size 8X4J, 6x2J
PAND NAMAH.
A slightly defective copy of the most popular of all the poems
of ‘Attar.
Beginning —
The poem has been repeatedly printed in Calcutta, Lucknow,
Lahore, Boulak and Constantinople It was edited by J. H. Hind-
ley, London, 1809, and translated into French by S de Sacy,
Paris, 1819, and into German by G H F. Nesselmann.
Written in good Indian Nasta‘liq with the headings in red.
Spaces for headings are left blank in some places.
Not dated, apparently 19th century.
No. 304.
foil. 61; lines 15, size 12X7J; 8JX4J.
DIWAN-I-KAMAL-I-ISFAHANI.
A small collection of the lyrical poems of Kamal-ud-Din Is-
ma‘il bin Jamal-ud-Din Muhammad bin *Abd-ur-Razz&q ul-Isfa-
230
hani ^ ^ JU-^^ J^Lu.1 J^,
who gained the immortal fame of ^UJI or the inventor of
new senses or ideas, and fell in the general massacre of the in-
habitants of Isfahan by the Mugals A H 635 = A D 1237.
This copy begins with the ftazals intermixed with a few
Qasidah —
^ y ^)) f
Ruba‘is, beginning on fol 38«.
The copy ends with a statement in prose, written in the same
hand as the MS. itself, to the effect that when the poet fell in the
general massacre of Isfahan, he wrote the following Ruba‘i on the
wall with his blood —
A Ij^ jJ jJ
Written in fair Nasta‘liq within gold-ruled borders with the
headings in red
Not dated, apparently 18th century
The MS. IS worm-eaten and damaged towards the end.
No- 305.
foil. 321 , lines 13, size 8f X5|, 6x3|
DiWAN-I-JALAL-UD-DIN RUMI.
Usually styled Diwan-i-Shams-i-Tabriz.
It is said that Maulana Jalal-ud-Din Rumi
who was born on the 6tli of Rabi‘ I, A.H. 604 = AD. 1207, and
died 10th Rajab, A.H. 712 = AD. 1312, wrote this diwan, in which
he adopted the taWi alius Shams after the name of his spiritual
guide ^ams-ud-Din Tabriz (died, according to Jami's Nafahat,
p 639, in A.H. 645 = A D. 1247 and according to others in A.H
660 = A.D. 1261). Maulana Rumi adopted the poetical titles of
and Select poems have been edited
with a translation in German verse by V. von Rosenzweig, Vienna,
18^8. An edition has been lithographed in Lucknow, 1878, with
the title Diwan-i-Hadrat-i-8hams Tabriz.
231
Beginning with Oazals in alphabetical order * —
Ruba‘is without any order, fol. 302«
Written in Indian Nasta‘liq. Spaces for headings are left
blank
The MS. was copied on the 24th Safar, A H 1140, the tenth
year of Muhammad Shah's reign, at Thanah Ranga Mati, for one
Khadim ‘Ali lOian Thanahdar (whose name has been disfigured by
some mischievous hand)
No. 306.
foil. 339, lines 14, size 10X6|, 7^X4.
THE SAME
Another copy of Jalal-ud-Din Rumi’s diwan, beginning as in
Sprenger, p 497 —
b (.-« 8 jL> (j ^ ]jLo C5
This copy consists of Qit‘ahs, fol. 1^, 6azals in alphabetical
order, fol 24«, Ruba‘is fol 316^.
Written in ordinary Indian Nasta‘liq within ruled borders
with the headings in red
Dated Sunday, the 2nd Ramadan, A H. 1265
The first twenty folios have a worm hole
No. 307.
foil 298; lines 95, sizelUx7|^, 7ix4|^
THE MA.%AWI OF JALAL UD-DIN RUMi.
The very popular Masnawi of Maulana JaLU-ud*Din Rumi
The Ma^nawi representing the true inward meaning of the
holy sayings of God and the Prophet, illustrated in the form of
anecdotes, is esteemed as the standard text of the Sufis. It is
divided into six daftars as follows ~
I. Beginning as usual —
II. Beginning on fol. 47^ —
232
III. Beginning on fol. 90'’ • —
jj Sm* AS jX3i^ J^,3CV.i) >tiJ^ ^ ^ 1
TV. Beginning on fol. 145^ —
^1 sS
V Beginning on fol. J9l« —
^vu/) j — ^ V JLL |i-^l jy <si ^
VI Beginning on fol 244« —
.«wk)Lw ^ Aw>$y Jk^c ^ c.?(j>A ^ ^ )
Each daftar is preceded by a preface.
The text has been printed in Bombay A.H 1262, 1266, 1273,
1280 and 1294; in Lucknow, A H 1282; in Tabriz, A H 1264; in
Boulak, with a Turkish translation by lsma‘il Anqirawi, m A.H
1261 and 1268, in Constantinople, A H. 1289, and in Cawnpur in
six volumes An Arabic commentary, in six volumes, has been
printed in Egypt, A H 1260, by Shaykh Yusuf bin Ahmad For
commentaries on the Mamawi see Haj. Khal , Vol V, p 376.
Written in minute and neat Nasta‘liq within four gold-ruled
columns with the headings in red
Each daftar begins with a sumptuously illuminated double-
page ‘Unwan and a head-piece Two half-page illuminations are
found on foil 243^-244«.
Dated, on fol 1896, A H 1095
Scribe —
No. 308.
Poll. 602 ; lines (centr col ) 15, (margl col ) 15 ; size 75 X 4|- ; 6x3
THE SAME
Another copy of the. same Ma^nawi. The six daftars begin
respectively on foil 1^, 81^, 151^, 246^, 320^ and 406^ The pre-
face to the first daftar is wanting
Fol. 601, belonging to the poetical works of Sa‘di, is wrongly
inserted m the copy.
Written m minute Nasta‘liq within gold-ruled columns with
the headings in red Each daftar contains an illuminated ‘Unwan.
Dated Jumada IT, A.H. 1101
Scribe. —
233
No. 309.
foil. 440 ; lines (centr. col.) 11, (margl col.) 24 , size 8x 4f , 6X 3J.
KULLIYAT-I.SA‘Di.
A complete collection of the prose and poetical works of the
famous Shaykh Musharrif-ud-Din Muslih bin ‘Abd Ullah Sa‘di
Shirazi ' — 9j.u^ who was
born about A.H 580 = AD 1184 and died A.H 690 = AD 1291
or AH 691 = A.D. 1292.
The Kulliyat has been printed and lithographed in Calcutta,
1791-1795, by J. H. Harrington, in two volumes ; in Bombay, A.H.
1226, 1267, 1280, etc; Dihli, A.H. 1269, Cawnpore, AH. 1280,
Lucknow, A.H. 1287 , Tabriz, A H. 1257 and 1264 , Teheran, A.H.
1263 and 1268; etc.
The present copy of the Kulliyat begins with the preface of
‘All bin Ahmad bin Abu Nasr bin Bisutun, who collected and
arranged the works ofSa‘diinAH. 726==AD 1325, and subse-
quently improved the same in A.H. 734 = A. D. 1333.
Beginning —
* u J
I. J^l beginning on fol 3« —
II. jj beginning on fol. 7^ . —
It IS divided into five majhses, which begin respectively on
foil. 7^ 9^ 11^, 13« and 15«
III. V — .^Lo Jlyjyy jJ ilUj, beginning, fol. 48« —
IV. j J^Ac^j i'Lw;, beginning, fol. 49^ —
« V,.jX« AaoJU Vi.J<iLu
V. uJ^JU beginning, fol. 51® * —
♦ 4I1
VI. The sixth Risalah, wrongly styled Jl^;j ...
begins on fol. 25^ (margin).
30
234
The usual three parts of this Risalah, into which it is divided,
are as follows * (1) Ci’ bl on fol 26^ , (2) y
on fol. 26^ ; and (3) on fol 27^.
VTI ^UuJ? Gulistan on foil. 28«-48^, 54«-102«, and 112«-113^.
For editions, translations and other particulars see other catalogues.
VIII. ^(juy Bustan on foil 102&-1 11&, 114a-l95^. Forparticu-
lars see other catalogues.
IX. cXjLai Persian Qasidahs, beginning on fol 195^ —
♦ lylkXsh. L *^1.^ ^
X or the Elegies, on fol. 223«, beginning • —
XI. joLoi Arabic Qasidahs, fol 227^, beginning —
« ^ ( ^^y.A3p.j ) ^..oiEo V — -.AM^
XII. Li>UJU, beginning on fol. 233^ • —
XIII. luUj^, fol. 238^, beginning —
XIV. on fol. 254^. It is preceded by Bisutun’s preface
(fol 244^-246«) with which the copy begins The preface here is
followed by a versified alphabetical index to the four collections
of the poet’s lyrical poems, viz. the Tayyibat or ornamented poems ;
the Bada’i' or ornate Gazals, the fOiawatim or precious (iazals,
and the Gazaliyat i-Qadim or early Oazals
The Tayyibat, arranged in alphabetical order, begin thus —
* b)w> Jy) yiO J^f
XV. alphabetically arranged, begin on fol 343^ —
* ^ JJJ
XVI m alphabetical order, begin on fol. 368« —
* ^JI Ij ^^b(j j
XVII. yjw# , m alphabetical order, beginning on fol. 380^ :
XVIII. not in alphabetical order, beginning . —
235
XIX. An ethical poem dedicated to Sahib- i-Diwan^
preceded by a preface which begins thus —
I
The poem itself begins thus, on fol. 40 9« —
XX. luUj^ or obscene poems, beginning with a preface in
Arabic, on fol 416^
♦ L— i^Lj) ^ I
The poem begins thus —
* sS
XXL fol. 430^, beginning —
XX IT. »-jb^ or detached verses, beginning on fol 439^ —
« ^jLw jj jLScI ^ ,J^
Written in beautiful minute Nastaliq within gold and coloured-
ruled borders with richly illuminated ‘Unwans in the beginning
of each section The headings are written within gold ornamen-
tations. An illumination at the beginning contains the names of
all the works in the MS
Not dated, apparently 16th century
No. 310.
foil 164, lines 12, size X 5 , 4|^X2
BUSTAN
An exceedingly valuable copy of Sa‘dis Bus tan
Beginning as usual —
Written in the most elegant Persian Nasta‘liq hand on
thick gold-sprinkled papers of the best quality with an illumina-
ted head-piece. The headings are written on gold grounds through-
out the copy.
The last folio bears an old, but hoplessly faded, seal which
some person, however, very boldly pretends to have deciphered
thus —
236
^(j ijISX cJiLf ...
I .. .. ^
» ^XUaLww ^ 4XLo iiijl ^IjI v±>t^ *>.o.5sx^ y;UaL«
In the above note the writer ventures to suggest that the
seal belongs to one Muhammad Salih Qazwini, a favourite atten-
dant of Sultan Muhammad Oiya§-ud-Din Balban, who, as we know,
reigned from A.H 664-686 = A D 1265-1287. Perhaps the autlior
of the above note did not know that the Persian Nasta‘liq hand-
writing in which this MS is written was invented only in the 8th
century A.H. Again the scribe of the copy Mahmud Nisha-
puri uLa, IS a well-known calligrapher He was a
pupil of his maternal uncle Mulla ‘Abdi, who was himself a pupil
of the celebrated calligrapher Sultan ‘Ali of Mashhad. Mahmud
adopted the Takhallus Mukhlis and was still alive in A H. 957. It
IS therefore evident that this MS was written about that time
No. 311.
foil 300, lines 15, size 8|X51, 7x3i
DIWAN-I-SA^Di.
A large collection of Saadi’s lyrical poems consisting of Qasi-
dahs, Gazals, Qit‘ahs and Ruba‘is without any order
Beginning —
Written in ordinary Indian Ta‘liq.
Dated Friday, 29th Jumada I, A.H. 1141
No. 312.
foil. 233; lines 9; size 16X8J, 9x4^.
GULISTAN
A copy of Sa‘di’s Gulistan, written in bold but ordinary Nas-
ta‘liq on coloured papers, with a faded head-piece and double-page
‘Unwan of modern taste and design. It contains a few coloured
drawings of poor Indian style.
Dated A.H. 1160.
Scribe * — ^
237
The epithet after the scribe’s name at once suggests
that he was a calligrapher of no little distinction. It is to be
noticed, however, that the copy is not free from many ortho-
graphical and clerical mistakes, while the hand-writing is so ordi-
nary and void of calligraphic beauties, that one cannot attribute
it to a scribe skilled in the art.
Several seals (partly faded) and predated notes (without the
writers’ names) are found at the beginning and end of the MS.
The author of the first note on the title-page says that he received
the MS from the library of lOian ^anan Bairam Khan Bahadur,
who, as is known to us, was the most distinguished general and
prime minister of Akbar, and died in AH. 968 This, note is
followed by a seal of a certain noble of Muhammad Shah’s time
( A.H il31-1161) whose name faintly reads as Another
note on the same page says that the MS. was purchased for one
hundred rupees at the time of the treaty between Muhammad
Shah and Nadir Shah (this treaty was concluded m A.H. 1162)
The third note is dated 25th Rajab AH 1155 The last note
pretends to suggest that the MS once belonged to the library of
Shah ‘Alam BahMur Shah (A H 1119-1124).
The last page bears a seal and a note of Muhammad Shah’s
time
A fragment of a commentary on the first two or three pages
of the work, ending abruptly with an explanation of the line
and written in a minute Nim Shikastah, is
found on the margins of foil 2^-4^
Some folios at the beginning have been misplaced. The
right order should be 1 2, 4, 3, 6, 5, 7
No. 313.
foil 104, lines 15; size 8fX6, 6JX3J.
SHAKARISTAN.
A commentary on Sa‘di’s Gulistan, by Muhammad Sa‘id
who, according to his own statement in the preface
here, completed it in A H. 1097 — A.D. 1685.
Beginning • —
238
The copy is defective towards the end and the concluding
lines in which, according to Rieu ii, p. 607, the date of completion,
is given A.H. 1096, are wanting.
Written in careless Indian Nasta‘liq.
Not dated, apparently 19th century.
No, 314.
foil. 110; lines 17; size llx7J, SJXSJ.
MA‘ADIN-UR-RIDA.
A commentary on the famous Haft Band or the Seven Stanzas
of Maulana Karniil ud-Din Hasan Ka^i (d. A H 710 == A D. 1310),
who flourished during the time of Sultan Muhammad ^uda
Bandah (AH 703 716 = AD 1303-1316), by one who designates
himself, fol. 2^, simply as Asgar,^^I which seems to be his
poetic title or a part of his name He wrote it by desire of one
Nawwab Hasan Rida Khan, and completed it in A H 1197 = A.D.
1782, for which year the title forms a chronogram see fol 110^
Beginning with a Preface —
The original text is written in red. Fair Nasta‘liq
Not dated, apparently 19th century
The name “ Syed Safdar Nawab ” appears on fol. 1"
No. 315.
foil 524 , lines (centre col ) 17 ; (margl col ) 32,
size 11 X 6J , 9J^X 4^
KULLIYAT-I-KHUSRAU
A. Centre-columns. A very large collection of Crazals, with
some Ruba‘is at the end, gathered from all the diwans of Yamin-
ud-Din Abu’l Hasan Amir Kbusrau yj
the most famous Persian poet in India, who died on 29th Dulqa^d,
A.H. 726 = A D. 1324. The (5^azals are arranged in alphabetical
order, except the first twelve The initial 6azal, which forms the
introductory 6azal of some copies of the poet’s third and fourth
diwans, as well as of some collections of his poems, begins thus —
* ^ JUA y y U ^
239
The fii:»t alphabetical Oazal begins thus on fol. : —
^ Ruba‘is, without any order, begin on fol 517^ • —
It may be noticed here as remarkable that the arrangement
in this copy exactly agrees with that of the copy noticed by Ethe,
India Office Lib. Cat No. 1188 (6).
B. Marginal’^lumn iWI A’inah-i-Iskandari, com-
posed A.H. 699 == AD 1299 in imitation of Nizami’s Iskandar
Namah, forming the fifth (or more commonly the fourth) part of
IGiusrau’s famous ^O^amsah It is defective at the beginning and
opens abruptly thus on fol. 2« —
Fol 125^ ) Qiran-us-Sa‘dayn, “the conjunction
of the two lucky planets,” i e the meeting of Sultan Mu‘izz-ud-Din
Kayqubad of Dihli (AH 686-689 = AD 1287-1290) with his
father Sultan Nasir-ud-Din Bugra Khan of Bangalah in A.H. 688
== AD 1289 at Dihli
Beginning —
Lithographed, Lucknow, AH. 1259, and edited with a com-
mentary by Maulavi Qudrat Ahmad, Lucknow, A H 1261 For
other commentaries see Sprenger, Oude Cat , p 471
Fol. 242^ Duwalrani I^idr !^ian, variously
styled Laj - or
even and also or A poetical narrative of
the love adventures of Khidr !^an, son of ‘Ala ud-Din Muham-
mad Shah Khilji (A.H 695-715 = AD. 1295-1315) and Duwal
rani, the daughter of Ray Karn, the Rajah of Gujarat, dedicated
to Sultan ‘Ala-ud-Din, the father of the hero
Beginning —
Fol. 328^. <u Nuh Sipihr or the nine spheres. A poetical
description of the court of Qutb-ud-Din Mubarak Shah Khilji
(who was killed A.H. 720 or 721 = A.D. 1320 or 1321), and of
certain events of his reign, composed in A.H. 718 = A.D. 1318.
240
Beginning • —
« y* ^ h
Written in a fair Indian Nasta'liq within gold and coloured-
ruled borders with an illuminated head-piece Dated, Ramadan,
A.H. 1030. A note at the end says that the copy was transcribed
at Lahore It is worm-eaten in many places The last folio is
badly damaged.
No. 316.
foil 297, lines 17, size 9X6f ; 6x31
DIWAN-I-KHUSRAU.
An old and correct copy of lOiusrau’s diwan containing a
collection of the minor lyrical poems, gathered, as is usual in the
poet’s works, from all his diwans This collection, which is much
smaller than the preceding one (A), begins likewise with the line
The first alphabetical Gazal (fol 4«) begins here thus . —
Muqatta^at, beginning on fol. 277<^ —
« k ^
Ruba‘is, fol 282«, beginning —
Written in a beautiful learned Nasta‘liq within gold and
coloured-ruled borders with an illuminated head-piece. The original
folios are mounted on new margins. The copy is worm-eaten
throughout.
Not dated, apparently 16th century.
No. 317.
foil 201 , lines (centre col ) 17, (margl col.) 34;
size 8f X4f , 7^X3^.
KHAMSAH-I-KHUSRAU.
A bad and defective copy of lOiusrau’s famous ^amsah.
The first page begins with the romantic Masnawi ^
241
Shilin wa Khusrau, which forms the second part of the poet’s
lyiamsah and which he wrote, A.H. 698 == A D 129^, in imitation
of Nizami’s !^usrau wa Shirin.
Beginning : —
The first page is immediately followed by the^yill Mat-
la' -ul-Anwar, which forms the first part of the Khamsah and
which was written, A H 698 = A D 1298, in imitation of Nizami’s
Makhzan-ul-Asrar This poem is defective at the beginning and
opens abruptly on fol. 2« with the line Jy jl
Foil 113^ Majnun wa Layla The loves of Layla
and Majnun, in imitation of Nizami’s Layla wa Majnun This
poem forming the third part of the poet’s Khamsah was, like the
preceding two, completed in A H 698 = A.D. 1298
Beginning : —
Printed in Calcutta, 1811, 1818 and A H. 1244. In Lucknow,
A.H. 1286; it is also published in Lumsden’s Persian Selections
(Calcutta, 1828).
Fol. 150^. Ha^t Bihisht, styled here
)y^ adventures of Bahramgur, in imitation of
Nizami’s Haft Paykar. This poem, forming in some copies the
fourth part of Khusrau’s Khamsah, and in others the fifth, was
composed in A.H. 701 = A.D. 1301.
Beginning : —
The concluding portion of this poem and the entire Masnawi
entitled A’inah-i-Iskandari, forming the fifth (or
more commonly the fourth) part of the poet’s Khamsah, and com-
posed A.H. 699 = A.D. 1299, in imitation of Nizami’s Iskandar
Namah, are wanting The two smaller and very rare Masnawis
and jUoJI which the poet wrote in addition to
the famous Khamsah, and copies of which are extant in one or
two European libraries, are also wanting in this collection
Written in ordinary Indian Ta‘liq with the headings m red
Folios have been misplaced in many places and several are missing
Catch-words have very often been omitted or cut off The right
order of the folios seems to be 1, 61-113, 2-5, 7-13, 6, 14-60, 114-201
Not dated, apparently 19th century
31
242
No. 318.
foil 236 ; lines 25 ; size lOJ X 7 , X 4^.
CjLsJI J ytAo^l jUsJ
TUHFAT-US-SI6R AND WASAT-UL-I^AYAT.
I Foil 1-71 AAsu Tuhfat-us-Sigr “The present of the
early age ” This is the first of the five diwans of IGiusrau. It was
completed about AH 670 or 671 — AD 1272 It consists of
Qasidahs, Qit‘ahs, Gazals, Magnawis and Kuba‘i8. The first folio
containing the beginning portion of the prose preface to this diwan
is wanting, and the first line on fol 2« opens with the words
I; 3 3
The first Qasidah begins thus on fol 3^ * —
II Foil. 72-236 Wasat-ul-Hayat, or poems of
middle life This is the second diwan of the poet, completed about
A.H 685 = A.D. 1286 It consists of Qasidahs, Tarji‘at, Gtazals,
Masnawis and Ruba‘is.
Beginning with the usual prose preface : —
The first usual Qasidah (fol. 78«) begins thus • —
The third, the fourth and the fifth called respectively iAflj
JUXJl IjC and JUX/I are not found in this collection.
Written in fair Nasta‘liq within gold and coloured-ruled bor-
ders with an illuminated head-piece at the beginning of each
diwan Several gaps, spaces for which have been left blank, are
found here and there m the MS The copy is water-stained through-
out and the earlier portion is very much affected. The first diwan
is badly worm-eaten thrbughout. The MS. is separated from the
original binding and is in a damaged condition
Dated 4th Jumada, A H. 1012
Scribe . —
243
No. 319,
foil. Ill; lines 20 ; size 9f X ; 6 J x 2 ^.
SAM NAMAH.
A slightly defective copy of a poem, written in imitation of
Firdausi’s Sbuh Namah, and treating of the exploits of Sam, son
of Nariman, and his love adventures with the Chinese princess
PariduWit.
The MS is defective at the beginning and opens abruptly
thus : —
j -fci, 1 % .
The title of the work is not found in the text, but it is
endorsed as The verse in Rieu’s (Vol II, p 644)
copy, containing the author’s name Khwaju, is not found in this
copy. IQiwaju, as we know, is the name of a well-known poet,
who died about A.H 746 — A.D 1344, and it is very doubtful if
the poem is due to the authorship of the same lyiwaju, whose
biographers make no mention of the Sam Namah
The story begins here with an account of Sam’s setting out
on a hunting expedition, on fol. 1^ : —
and ends, like Rieu’s copy, with an account of Sam’s return from
Khawar to the court of Minuchihr
Written in fair Nasta‘liq within gold and coloured-ruled bor-
ders with a whole-page ‘Unwan on fol 1«. The headings are
written in red throughout
Not dated, apparently 17th century.
No. 320.
foil. 428; lines 17; size 6Jx3|, 4JX2J.
KULLIYAT-I-IBN-I-YAMIN.
The poetical works of Amir FaWir-ud-Din Mahmud bin Amir
Yamin-ud-Din Muhammad ul-Mustaufi ul-Faryumadi, poetically
known as Ibn i-Yamin ^jJI jsaJ
^1 sj was a panegyrist to
244
the Sarbadars of lOiurasan (AH 737-783 = AD 1337-1381) and
died, according to several authorities, AH 745 == A.D. 1344.
Beginning —
Contents • —
Qasidahs,foI 1^, Muqatta‘at,fol 103^ ; chronograms, fol 214^;
Cazals, fol 220^ ; Ruba‘is, fol 343« , two Mamawis, the first en-
titled on fol 370^, and the second, styled e:^ibcvjl iiUj,
on fol 380^, Qit‘ahs, fol 391« The preface compiled by an
anonymous author in A H 756 = A.D 1355, found in other copies
at the beginning of the diwan, is found here on fol 424^
Written in minute Nasta‘liq with the headings in red. Fol
324 should follow fol 303
Copied by the order of Mirza Nasir-ud-Din Muhammad by
Muhammad FMil, in Rajab, A H 1026 Two faint seals at the end
The MS is slightly damaged
No. 321.
foil 110, lines 17; size 8x6J; 6x3^
DIWAN-I-SALMAN.
The lyrical poems of Khwajah Jamal-ud-Din Muhammad
Salman bin Khwajah ‘Ala-ud-Din Muhammad, of Sawah JU^
^jUJI j.^sv^ ^ who flourished
under the Ilttani rulers and died in A.H 778 = A D. 1376. For
a discussion of the various dates assigned to the poet’s death, see
Bankipur Lib Cat. i, No 147, where the oldest known copy of
the poet’s Cazals is noticed
This copy of the poet’s diwan begins with a series of Tarji‘8
thus —
Cazals, arranged in alphabetical order, begin thus on fol. 8^ : —
Ruba‘is, fol 101«, Mu‘ammiyat, fol. 110»
The copy breaks off in the middle of the Mu‘ammiy&t
Some select poems are published m Bland’s “ Century of Per-
sian Cazals,” No 4, and in Erdmann, Zeitsohriften der D.M.G.,
XV, pp 758-772
245
Written in good Nasta‘liq within gold and coloured-ruled
borders with illuminated ‘Unwans on foil and 8^
Not dated, apparently 17th century.
Fol. 2« contains two seals of Wajid-ur-Rahman, dated A H
1274.
No. 322.
foil. 168 ; lines 15 , size 8J X 5 , 6 J x 3^
QASAID-I-SALMAN
A collection of the Qasidahs of Salman without alphabetical
order.
limning
Written in small Nasta‘liq within gold and coloured-ruled
borders with the headings written on gold-ground illuminated
with floral designs Two whole-page illuminated ‘Unwans at the
beginning.
Folios are mter-mixed with each other throughout the copy
Not dated, apparently 18th century.
No. 323.
foil. 113; lines 15; size 10X5^, 5JX3.
6AZALIYAT-I-SALMAN
A collection of the Gazals of Salman, arranged m alphabeti-
cal order.
Beginning as in Bankipur Lib. copy No. 147 —
jj JjLuX) ^
violkXil 0 ^.
Written in good Nasta‘liq within gold and coloured-ruled
borders with an illuminated head-piece.
Not dated, apparently 18th century
The fly-leaf is covered with seals and ‘Aid-didahs, the follow
ing of which are legible . —
246
(1) A seal of Sayyid Kalim Ullah Khan, dated A.H. 1112.
(2) A seal of Sayyid Ahmad, dated A.H. 1166
(3) A seal of Sayyid Murtada, dated A.H. 1223
(4) A seal of Sayyid Asad ‘Ali lOian Bahadur, dated A.H. 1240
No. 324.
foil. 166; lines 12; size 7X4; 4Jx2^.
MIHR-WA-MUSHTARI.
“ The Sun and Jupiter ” A romantic Masnawi by Shams-ud
^in Muhammad ‘Assar of Tabriz
who flourished during the reign of the Ilqani Sovereign Sultai
Shayyi Uways (A.H 757-776 = A D 1356-1374), and died in A.H
784== AD 1382. The poem was completed in Shawwal, AH
778 = A.D. 1376.
Beginning ; —
sS
Written in good Nasta'liq within gold and coloured-rule(
borders with a double-page ‘Unwan and an illuminated head-piece
The headings are written in red throughout the copy. The MS
18 defective at the end.
Not dated, apparently 16th century.
^L..x itL — ■■■■ J
No. 325.
toll 205; lines 14; size 8jX4|; 5|x2|.
DIWAN-I-HAFIZ.
A splendid copy of the lyrical poems of the celebrated Khwa
jah 8hams-ud-Din Muhammad, with the popular taWiallus Hafi
of Shiraz A.H. 791 =
A D 1388 " For a detailed account of the poet and his work se
Bankipur Lib. Cat. Vol. I, pp. 231-274, where a very rare an<
interesting copy of the poet’s diwan has been described unde
No. 161.
247
Text Editions. — Calcutta, Fort William, 1791; reprinted,
1826 ; text with Sudis’ Turkish Commentary was edited by Brock-
haus in 1854 ; by Rozenzweig, with a German metrical translation,
3 volumes, 1858, 1863 and 1864, with commentary by Fath ‘Ah,
Calcutta, 1858; by Major S H Jarrett, Calcutta, 1881, Persian
text with two Turkish Commentaries, Constantinople, 1870 , Per-
sian Commentary by Sadiq ‘Ali, Lucknow, 1876 and 1886 Litho-
graphed in Calcutta, 1826; Bombay 1828, 1841 and 1883, besides
A.H. 1267 and 1277 , Cawnpur, 1831 ; Bulak, A H 1250, 1256 and
1281; Constantinople, AH 1257; Tabriz, AH. 1257 and 1274,
Tehran, A.H. 1258, Mashhad, AH 1262; Dehli, AH 1269 and
1888; Lucknow, A.H. 1283, 1285, 1876, 1879 and 1883, Lahore
1888.
This copy, consisting chiefly of Gazals, arranged in alpha-
betical order, begins as usual thus —
( ^ ;j| Jl Uel VI
^ ^
Ma§nawis, fol. 192«; Muqatta‘at, fol. 197«; RubaTs, fol 204^>.
Written in fair Na8ta‘liq on gold-sprinkled paper within gold
and coloured-ruled borders with a profusely illuminated ‘Unwan
Not dated, apparently 16th century.
Scribe : — Jjlj.
The fly-leaf at the beginning bearing several ‘Ard-didahs and
seals is pasted over with paper.
No. 326.
foil. 144 ; lines 17 ; size 9|X 5| ; 7i X 3|.
THE SAME.
Another copy of the same with the preface of Hafiz’s friend
Muhammad Gulandam who collected the poet’s diwan after his
death.
I
Beginning : —
Gazals in alphabetical order, fol. 4^; Masnawis, fol. 139^,
Muqatta‘at, fol. 141»; RubaTs, fol. 143«
Written in fair Nasta‘liq within red-ruled borders.
Dated Jumada II, A.H. . . 37 (probably 1137). The last
folio bears a seal of one Lutf-ur-Rahman Husayni, dated A H. 1216.
248
No. 327.
foil 99 ; lines 14 ; size 9X6^; 5^ X 2J.
DIWAN-I-MAaRIBI.
A good copy of the lyrical poems of Maulana Muhammad
Shirin, better known as Magribi who wa>s
born at Nam in Isfahan and died at Tabriz, A.H. 809 = A.D. 1406.
Beginning : —
Oazals in alphabetical order, foil l^-69« ; Muqatta‘at, foil
69^-77^, Tarkib-bands, foil 77^-95"; Ruba^is, foil. 96«-99«.
Printed in Persia, A H 1280.
Written in beautiful Nasta‘liq within gold and coloured-ruled
borders with the headings in red and blue and a beautifully orna-
mented ‘Unwan
Not dated, apparently 17th century
No. 328.
foil. 362; lines 19; size 17^X12; 9^X6^^
AoU
KHAWAR NAMAH.
A very valuable and exceedingly interesting copy of the
!l^awar Namah, an epic poem in the measure and style of Fir-
dausi’s Shah Namah, relating the warlike deeds of ‘Ali in battles
fought with Qubad the king of lOiawaran, and with other heathen
kings, most of whom embraced Islam, by Shams-ud-Din Muham-
mad bin Husam-ud-Din, better known as Ibn-i-Husam
sj ^jJI who composed it in A H.
830== A.D 1426, and died according to the best authorities in
A.H. 875 = AD. 1470.
Beginning . —
This valuable copy is written in a very beautiful bold Nas-
ta Tiq within four gold-ruled columns with a profusely illuminated
249
"Unwan. It contains 146 highly finished illustrations of the best
Indian style. The headings are written in red throughout
Not dated, apparently 17th century A H
A note on the fly-leaf is dated A.H 1231
No. 329.
foil. 268; lines 19; size 12|x7J, 8JX4^.
THE SAME
Another copy of the lUiawar Namah with a biographical notice
of the author prefixed to the text by Maulawi Sadr-ud-Din, the
donor of this collection, beginning —
The text begins as usual on fol 3«
Written in ordinary Nasta‘liq with the headings in red Ad-
ditional verses written on the margins are found m several places
Slips containing verses are also found adjoined in several places
Some folios are wanting at the end of the copy
Not dated, apparently 19th century.
A note on the fly-leaf runs thus . —
I I ♦ AXui AjbjCu;)
« jJii
No. 330.
foil 143 ; lines 17 ; size 9X 6J ; X 3.
DIWAN-I-QASIM ANWAR.
The Diwan of Sayyid Mu‘in-ud-I)in ‘Ah ut-Tabrizi, known as
Qasim Anwar^Iyl ij born
in A.H 767 = A.D. 1356 at Sarah in Adarbaijan He was a re-
nowned saint as well as a poet of great eminence He finally settled
in I^arjird, in the district of Jam, where he died in Rabi‘ I, A.H
837 = AD 1433.
Beginning as in most copies • —
Beginning of the 6azals in alphabetical order, fol 2« —
32
zou
Muqatta'at, Tarkib-bands, etc , with occasional Turkish verses,
fol 125^; Ma^nawis, fol 126^; Ruba‘is, fol 139".
Written in fair small Nasta‘liq within coloured-ruled borders.
Not dated, apparently 17th century
The fly-leaf at the beginning bears a seal with the following
inscription * —
No. 331.
foil 24, lines 12; size 8^X5, 6X2J.
J **’ (J^
HAL NAMAH, BETTER KNOWN AS
GUI WA CHAUGAN.
An allegorical mystic Masnawi by Maulana ‘Arifi Harawi
who flourished under Shah RiiWi (A H 807-860
= AD 1404-1447), and died AH 853 = A.D 1449
Beginning —
JH — jti ^ ^
This beautiful and valuable MS., written in elegant Na8ta‘liq
within gold-ruled borders with a richly illuminated ‘Unwan, is
due to the penmanship of the famous caligrapher Muhammad
H^im (of Qazwin, a pupil of Rashid-i-Daylami)
Dated, Dulqa^ad, A.H 981,
The MS. contains a beautifully painted illustration on the
fly-leaf.
No. 332.
foil. 193; lines 17, size 8|X4^, 6JX3J.
MISBAH
A mystical poem, in the metre and style of Maulana Rumi’s
Magnawi, relating to Sufic doctrines, illustrated by numerous
anecdotes of prophets, the Ashabs and other holy saints.
Beginning —
The author of this poem, who, in a heading on the first page
of a copy (dated A.H. 955) in the British Museum (Rieu’s Persian
251
Cab. p. 641), IS called Rashid-ud-Din Muhammad ul-Asfara’ini
finished the composition A.H. 852 =
AD. 1448 (cf. fol 191&)
Written in Indian Nasta‘liq within coloured-ruled borders
Spaces for headings are left blank throughout.
Not dated, apparently 18th century
No. 333.
foil. 48; lines 11, size 9JX6; 5|x3
DIWAN-I-SHAHI.
A valuable and exceedingly beautiful copy of the lyrical poems
of Amir Shahi with his original name" Aqa Malik bin
Jamal-ud-Din Firuzkuhi ^ lil who,
according to some biographers, was the nephew of lUiwajah ‘Ali
Muayyad (A H 766-783 = A T) 1364-1381), the last prince of the
noble and illustrious family of the Sarbadars of i^urasan He
was well skilled in caligraphy, painting and music, and died at
Astarabad in A.H. 857 = A.D. 1454
The diwan of Shahi has been lithographed in Constantinople,
A.H. 1288
Beginning —
Cazals in alphabetical order, fol. 1^.
Qit‘ahs, fol. 46«.
Ruba‘is, fol. 45&
Written in elegant Nasta^iq within gold and coloured-ruled
columns on gold-sprinkled papers with ornamentations and floral
designs on every page There are two whole-page but faded
miniatures, one at the beginning and the other at the end of the
copy Illuminated head-piece
The following note (on one of the fly-leaves at the begmnmg),
dated 6th Dulhijjah, A.H 1069, says that this MS once belonged
to the library of Aurangzib —
t * j
Jkijjb ^yJjuLgJ kiu
<1 ^(JaLw ^ &XL« &li) jJL&k.
252
The piece of paper containing the above note is pasted at the
beginning of the copy.
In another note one Sayyid Muhammad ul-Husayni, entitled
Hadiq, says that he got the MS. repaired by Shayto Muzaffar
Husayn, for Maulawi Sayyid Sadr-ud-Din Ahmad (the donor), on
the 26th Rabr I, A.H. 1312
Not dated, apparently 16th century
No. 334.
foil. 24, lines 12; size 10|X7J, 5^X3.
DIWAN-I-RIYADl SAMARQANDI
A valuable copy of the somewhat rare diwan of Riyadi of
Samarqand died, according to Taqi Kashi,
AH 884 = AD. 1479.
Beginning
^Lb (J^-y
The 6azals, which form the chief contents of the diwan, are,
except the first one, arranged in alphabetical order.
Written in fine Nasta‘liq within gold and coloured-ruled
columns with a richly illuminated ‘Unwan The original folios
have been mounted on new margins.
Not dated, apparently 17th century.
No. 336.
foil. 358, lines 12, size 8X4i, 6X2|.
DtWAN-I-JAMI.
A collection of the lyrical poems of the celebrated Nur-ud-Din
‘Abd-ur-Rahman Jami bin Nizam-ud-Din Ahmad bin Shams-ud-
Din Muhammad ul-Dashti ul-Isfahani ^ )y^
e/ great
classical poet of Persia, who was born in i|£harjird, near Jam, on
the 23rd of Sha'ban, A.H. 817 = 7th November, A D 1414, during
the reign of Mirza Shah Rul^ (A.H. 807-860 = A.D 1404-1446),
253
and died in Herat on the 1 8th of Muharram, A.H. 898 == 9th Nov-
ember, A D. 1492.
Beginning with a preface : —
This collection of the poems agrees with Part II of the first
diwan : see Bankipur Lib Cat li, No. 180, viii , and begins likewise
with panegyric, moral and religious Qasidahs * —
|Jac) 1*^
Oazals in alphabetical order, fol 43^, Qit'alis, fol 343^; RubcVis,
fol 347&.
A beautiful copy Written in good Nasta* liq within gold and
coloured-ruled borders with two whole-page profusely illuminated
‘Unwans at the beginning and one on fol 43^. The headings are
illuminated throughout the copy
Dated Shawwal, A.H. 944.
Scribe: —
A note at the end of the copy runs thus —
No. 336.
foil. 460, lines 13, size 8JX4|, 6X3
THE SAME.
The First Part of the First Diwan of Jami beginning as in
Bankipur Lib. Cat. No. 180, vii —
(
The MS ends with the following Ruba'i * —
J ^ <S/ yJj HjJ sf
Jtisdl ^ y J
Written m clear Indian Nasta‘liq. Seven verses on foil 349^-
360« have been struck out. A note at the end says that the copy
was transcribed by order of Sayyid Sadr-ud-Din Ahmad, son of
Sayyid Karim-ud Din Ahmad of Buhar, in Bardawan, m Dulhijjah,
A.H. 1285.
Scribe : —
264
No- 337.
loll. 193; lines 13; size 8JX6J; 6x3.
THE SAME.
This collection of poems closely agrees with the First Part of
the Second Diwan, noticed in Rosen, p. 239, and Bankipflr Lib.
Cat No 180, ix, and begins likewise —
1 I kX-uSk. ^ ^ ^ ilJ I ^Uj)
Oazals in alphabetical order, fol. 24^; Qit*ahs, fol. 176^.
Written in clear Indian Nasta‘liq.
Copied for Maulawi Sayyid Sadr-ud-Din Ahmad, the donor
of this Library, by Mir IrMat 'Ali of Buhar on 20th Rabi^ II,
A.H. 1283.
No. 338,
foil. 81, lines 22; size 14x8j; 8JX4J
JiLJL>
SILSILAT-UD-DAHAB
OR
^^THE GOLDEN CHAIN.”
A religious Masnawi in the metre of the Hadiqah of San&’i
and the Haft Paykar of Nizami It is the first of the Seven Mas-
nawis (Haft Aurang) of Jami, and was composed in A H. 890 «=
A.D. 1486
It is divided into three Daftars or books as follows : —
First Daftar, beginning on fol. 1^ —
^ c^( — (Ji’ (Jjj
Second Daftar, beginning on fol. 48^ : —
Third Daftar, beginning on fol. 68^ : —
Written in beautiful minute Nasta^liq within four gold and
coloured-ruled borders with profusely illuminated frontispieces
at the beginning of each Daftar. The headings are written in red,
throughout the copy.
Dated 11th Muharram, A.H. 977.
266
Scribe : —
A note on the fly-leaf runs thus • —
Ai> ySb ^ *1 V ^ ^Ia^o
1 iXj(j^ CiT^ A.>Ld I Lljy<rtjk AXm
The fly-leaf contains two partly-faded seals of one Ya‘qub
Abul Qasim, and one of a certain Dilawar ‘Ali of ‘Alamgir’s time,
dated A.H. 1167.
No. 339.
foil 236 , lines 15 , size 8f x 5 , 6x3.
THE SAME.
Another copy of Jami’s Silsilat-ud-Dahab agreeing exactly
with the preceding copy
Written in good Nasta^liq within gold and coloured-ruled
borders with superscriptions in red and blue, and two whole-page
^Unwans at the beginning.
Not dated, apparently 17th century
No. 340.
V foil. 14; lines 22; size 14X8J; 8|^X4J.
SALAMAN WA ABSAL
An allegorical Ma^nawi by Jam! in the metre of ‘Attar's Man-
tiq-ut-Tayr and Rumi’s Masnawi, dedicated to Ya‘qub Beg bin
Hasan Beg of the White Sheep of the Aq-Quyunli Dynasty, who
reigned from A.H. 883-896 = A.D. 1478-1490
Beginning : —
The poem has been edited by F Falconer, London, 1860.
Written in beautiful minute Nasta‘liq within four gold and
coloured- ruled borders with a profusely illuminated ‘Unwan.
Spaces for headmgs are left blank throughout the copy.
The fly-leaf bears a seal of Dilawar ‘Ali of ‘Alamgir’s time,
dated A.H. 1167, followed by the following note : —
« jbl jjS] ^ ^ 4JjI jXA ^UaLw
256
No. 341.
foil. 34; lines 26; size 12Jx8; 9|X6}.
XkssO
SALAMAN ABSAL WA TUHFAT-UL-AHRAR.
Another copy of the Salaman wa Absal with the third Masnawi
of Jami’s Haft Aurang, entitled Tuhfat-ul-Ahrar.
The Tuhfat-iil-Ahrar is a religious Masnawi in the metre of
the Makhzan-ul-Asrar of Nizami, composed m A H 886 = A.D.
1481, and named after J^wajah Nasir-ud-Din ‘Ubayd Ullah Ahrari,
“better known as IQiwajah Ahrar, (d A.H. 896 = A.D. 1489), the
founder of the Naqshbandiyah order It begins here on fol. 15^ : —
Edited by F. Falconer, London, 1848.
Written in beautiful Nasta‘liq within four gold and coloured-
ruled columns with beautifully illuminated head-pieces on fol 1^
and 16^.
Not dated, apparently, beginning of the 17th century.
Scribe : — ^Lc
No. 342.
foil. 22; lines 22; size 14X8J; 8^X4J.
THE SAME.
Another copy of Jami’s Tuhfat-ul- Ahrar, agreeing exactly
with the preceding copy.
Written in beautiful minute Nasta^iq within four gold and
coloured-ruled borders with a profusely illuminated ‘Unwan. The
headings are written in red throughout the copy.
Dated A.H 977.
Scribe ^ ^ ,
The fly-leaf contains the seal of Dil&war ^Ali of 'Alamgir’s
time, dated A.H. 1167, followed by the same note as in the copy
of Salaman wa Absal, No. 340.
267
No. 343.
foil. 36, lines 22, size 14X8J; 8^X4J
ioBM
SUBHAT-UL-ABRAR.
A religious Masnawi by the same Jami in the metre of lOius-
rau’s Nuh-Sipihr, and dedicated to Sultan Husayn The poem
begins with a short prose preface, which is introduced by a Rubai,
beginning : —
^ 4JD
The poem has been printed in Calcutta, 1811 and 1848, and
lithographed in 1888.
Written by the same scribe and in the same hand as the pre-
ceding copy with the same seal of Dilawar ‘All on the fly-leaf,
followed by the note —
jJ
Spaces for headings are left blank on foil. 25-36.
No 344.
foil. 119 , lines 13 , size 9X6^; 5X3
THE SAME.
Another copy of Jami’s Subhat-ul-Abrar agreeing exactly
with the preceding copy
Written in beautiful Nastaliq within gold-ruled borders on
gold-sprinkled papers with the headings in red Four whole-page
‘Unwans at the beginning —
Not dated, apparently 17th century
The last folio contains three faded seals
The original folios are mounted on floral-designed margins.
No. 345.
foil. 48 , lines 22 ; size 14 X 8J ; 8J X 4|
YUSUF WA ZULAYKHA
The most popular romantic poem of Jami in the metre of
Nizami’s Khusrau wa ghirin, representing the story of Joseph in
33
268
Chapter XII of the Quran. For full particulars of the work see
Bankipur Lib Cat No. 196, where a most valuable copy of the
work, presented to the Emperor Jahangir by ‘Abd-ur-Rahim
]^anan, is noticed.
It was composed in A H 888 = A D. 1483 and begins as usual
thus —
The poem has been printed with German Translation at
Vienna by Rosenzweigh, 1824 Text printed in Calcutta, 1809,
AH. 1244 and 1266, lithographed in Calcutta, 1818; Bombay,
1829 and 1860; Lucknow, AH. 1262 and A.D. 1879; in Persia,
AH 1279 ; in Tabriz, A H 1284, etc
Written in beautiful minute Nasta‘liq within four gold and
coloured-ruled borders with an illuminated ‘Unwan
The headings are written in red The fly-leaf contains a seal
of Dilawar ‘Ali of ‘Alamgir’s time, dated A.H. 1167.
Not dated, apparently 16th century
No 346
foil 157, lines 13, size8jX5J, 5|X3.
THE SAME.
Another copy of Jami’s Yusuf wa Zulaykha.
Written in fair Nasta‘liq within gold and coloured-ruled bord-
ers with an illuminated but faded head-piece The headings are
written in red throughout.
Not dated, apparently 18th century
The MS , slightly defective towards the end, is in a dam-
aged condition
No. 347.
foil. 46; lines 22, size 14x8i; 8JX4J.
LAYLI WA MAJNUN
Another romantic poem by Jami on the loves of Layli and
Majnun in the metre of Nizami's poem of the same style.
Beginning —
y,i
259
Written in beautiful minute Na3ta‘liq within four gold and
coloured-ruled borders with a beautifully illuminated head-piece.
Dated, Dulqa‘d, A.H. 977.
Scribe :
This copy also contains the seal of Dilawar ‘Ali, followed by
the usual note.
INo. 348.
foil 27, lines 22, size 14X8J, 8JX4J.
KJilRAD NAMAH-I-TSKANDARI.
An ethical Mamawi by the same Jami, in the metre of Fir-
dausi’s Shah Namah, dedicated to Sultan Husayn.
Beginning —
Written by the scribe of the preceding copy
Spaces for headings are left blank throughout
Dated A H. 977.
Ttie same seal and note of the preceding copy are found here
on the last page.
No 349.
foil 68 , lines 15 , size 9X5^; X 2J.
IkaaJ ^ A/oU I
I^TIQAD NAIVIAH AND TUHFAT-UL-AHRAR.
1. T^tiqad Namah, also styled a theosophical Ma^-
nawi, being an exposition of the Muhammadan creed.
Beginning • —
jy. e- I;
2. Tuhfat-ul-Ahrar (foil 11-68) * see Nos. 341 and 342.
Wrttten in good Nastadiq within gold-ruled borders, with
illuminated ‘Unwans on foil. 1& and 1 The headings are written
m red.
Not dated, apparently 17th century.
No. 350
foil. 62, lines 15, size 10x6, 6x2f,
FUTUH-UL-HARAMAYN
A Ma^nawi poem containing an account of the holy places of
religious performance in Mecca and Medina, and of the rites
observed in the pilgrimage, by Muhyi Lari who com-
posed it, according to the copy of the poem noticed in G Flugel^
ii, p. 122, in A H. 911 = A D 1505, and died, according to Taqi
Ka^ii, Oude Cat., p. 21, in A.H 933== A.D 1526
Beginning —
The contents of this copy agree with those of the Bankipur
Lib. copy No. 227.
The Futuh-ul-Haramayn has been wrongly ascribed by Spren-
ger, p. 451 , Stewart, p 66, and several others, to Jami , and also to
the holy saint Muhyi-ud-Din ‘Abd-ul-Qadir of Jilan (d A.H. 561 =
A.D. 1165) For particulars see Bankipur Lib Cat No 226
This interesting copy is written m fair Nasta‘liq within gold
and coloured-ruled borders with an illuminated ‘Unwan and the
headings in red. It contains beautifully painted drawings repre-
senting the Haram, mosques, wells, mpountains, and the tombs of
the descendants and relatives of the prophet They are on foil
12&, 23^, 24«, 24^ 27«, 28^, 29«, 33®, 34^, 36«, 42«, 44«, 46&, 47«, 47^,
48a and 62®.
Copied in Medina, Rabi‘ I, A.H 964 (see fol ’SI").
From the following note on the fly-leaf we learn that the copy
once belonged to the library of the Khan Khanan Bayram IQian,
the famous general of Akbar’s time —
at jjSj ^(jLiuLL fjLL.
The above note is followed by a seal of ‘Ali Muzafifar Khan,
dated A.H 1 133. The original folios are mounted on new margins
261
No. 351. ,
, foil. 80; lines 16; size 9X6; 6JX4.
' DIWAN-I-ASAFI.
A collection of the lyrical poems of Asafi, son of ^wajah
Muqim-ud-Din Ni‘mat Ullah of Qnhistan
jLuI He was a pupil of the famous Jami,
and a personal friend of Mir ‘Ali ghir Nawa’i, and died, according
to the best authorities, in A H 923 == A.D. 1517.
This diwan consists of 6azals in alphabetical order
Beginning —
jj ^ b ]j ^ i <J^ jL>m
Written m careless Nasta‘liq The colophon says that the
MS. was copied by one Shukr Ullah, son of Shayyi Fath Ullah
Siddiqi, at the Diwan-khanah of Chaudhri Rafi‘-ud-Din.
Dated Sunday, the 10th of Chayt, 1196 Bengali The MS. is
damaged
Interlinear and marginal notes are found here and there in
the copy
No 352.
foil 179, lines 10, size 7^X4, 4J-X2^.
DiWAN-l-Fl6ANi.
The lyrical poems of Baba Figani of Shiraz
who at first adopted the takhallus of Sakkaki, and subsequently
changed it to Figani. He died in A H 925 = AD. 1619. For
full particulars see Bankipur Lib Cat Nos. 217 and 218.
Beginning with Gazals in alphabetical order * —
h I; ^ y
Ruba‘is fol. 156« Mustazads, fol. 158«; single verses, fol.
158« ; Qasidahs, fol and Tarkib-bands, fol. 167^.
Written in minute Nasta‘liq within gold and coloured-ruled
borders with an illuminated head-piece and two whole-page *Un-
wans at the beginning. The headings, written in white, are
beautifully illuminated. The fly-leaves at the beginning and end
contain several ‘Ard-didahs and faded seals
262
Not dated, apparently 16th century
The original folios are mounted on new margins.
No. 353.
foil 146, lines 14, size 9jx5j, 5|x2|.
TiMUR NAMAH.
A versified account of the warlike exploits of Timiir in imitation
of Nizami’s Sikandar Namab, by ‘Abd Ullah Hatifi
who was the sister’s son of the celebrated Jami, and, like his uncle,
was born in IGnrjird in the province of Jam He died in Muhar-
ram, A.H. 927 = AD. 1521
Beginning —
The poem is also called <!u>b under which title it has been
lithographed in Lucknow, A D. 1869.
Written in fair Nasta‘liq within coloured-ruled borders, with
the headings in red written in a different hand.
Dated A.H 968
The fly-leaf contains a defective note, dated A H. 1059. The
original folios are placed in new margins The MS. is damaged
towards the end
No 354.
foil 200 , lines 12 ; size 8| X 4| ; 6 X 2J.
THE SAME
Another copy of Hatifi’s Timur Namah, written in bold Nas-
ta‘liq within gold and coloured-ruled borders with an illuminated
but faded head piece The headings are written in red throughout
the copy.
Dated, Safar, A H 970.
No 356
foil 61; lines 14, size7|^X4|; 4X2^.
HAET MANZAR.
Another M?i.snawi by Hatifi in imitation of Nizami’s Haft
Paykar
263
Beginning : —
Written in careless Nasta‘liq Spaces for headings have been
left blank.
Dated Friday, the 16th of Sha‘ban, A H 1024.
The MS. is worm-eaten and damaged.
No. 366
foil. 57, lines 15; size 10X6; 7X4^.
DTWAN-I-AHLI KHURASANI
A very rare copy of the lyrical poems of Ahl! Khurasani
^ native of Tarshiz, who lived in Herat and died,
according to Sprenger, Oude Catalogue, p 319, in A H 934 = A D.
1527 He must not be confounded with his contemporary name-
sake Ahli Shirazi mentioned in the following No 358
Beginning • —
The diwan consists chiefly of Gazals arranged in alphabetical
order.
Written in ordinary Nastafliq within red-ruled borders.
The poet’s nom-de-plume is written in red throughout the copy.
Not dated, apparentlj^ 19th century
No 367.
foil. 102 , lines 21 ; size 7| X 4} , 5| X 3.
cL>b
MASNAWIYAT-T-JAMALI
A very rare work, containing five ethical and mystical Ma§-
nawis intermixed with prose, by Jamali, who seems to be identical
with Hamid bin Fadl Ullah, known as Darwish (or Mulla) Jamali
of Delhi, with his original name Jalal ^an He at first adopted
the Tattallus Jalali, which he subsequently changed to Jamali.
He distinguished himself during the reign of Sultan Sikandar Lodi,
and subsequenly gained the favour of Babur and Humayun.
264
According to Sprenger, p. 446, he died in A.H. 922 or 925 A.D.
1516 or 1619, but according to others m A H. 942 = A.D. 1636.
Sometimes the poet quotes some verses of the Qur’an, some
traditions, or other sentences of ethical and moral character,
which he explains in Persian, and then illustrates by legends in
Ma^navis He generally quotes Sana’i, ‘Attar, Rumi, ‘Ira^qi and
other mystics.
I. Mihr-ul-Qulub, beginning as in Sprenger, loc cit. : —
The name of the poet and the title of the poem occur in the
concluding line : —
II. Fursat Namah, beginning with a short prose
preface —
I ^ '
The poem begins thus on fol. 6^ —
III. Nusrat Namah, beginning with a short prose
preface, fol. 11^ * —
I I
The poem begins thus • —
IV. <s-^b Qudrat Namah, beginning like the preceding
two Masnawis with a short prose preface, fol. 24^ • —
The poem begins thus • —
L> L-«aX) ||»w». a
V. oyksvyo Mahbub-us-Siddiqin, beginning without
any preface, fol 38^ . —
^y^ ;y jl j_,j
265
A profusely illuminated head-piece is found at the beginning
of each Ma^nawi.
Written in a beautiful small Nasta‘liq within four gold-ruled
and coloured columns.
Not dated, apparently 1 7th century
A seal of one Muhammad Ibrahim, dated A H. 1297, is found
at the end
No 358.
foil 343; lines (centre col ) 19, (margl col) 11,
bize 9JX 5f , 6JX 3|.
KULLlYAT-I-AHI.i tfflTRAZi
A collection of some of the poetical works of Maulana Ahli
Shirazi He was an accomplished scholar, and
possessed wonderful ingenuity in the artifices of versification.
He died/in his native town, A.H. 942 = A.D 1535, and was buried
in Musalla by the side of Hafiz
Contents —
I. JlU. Sihr-i-Halal or “Lawful Sorcery,” dealing with
the love story of Prince Jam and Princess Gul
In this wonderful Masnawi the poet has united the artifices
of metre and the playing upon words found separately in Katibi’s
(d. AH. 838 = A.D 1434) two poems, Majma‘-ul-Bahrayn and
Tajnisat — that is to say, this poem can be read in two different
metres, viz. and the
last words of both the hemistiches of a verse are bhe same but
with different meanings.
Beginning after the usual preface . —
II. ^ Sham‘-wa-Parwanah or “ the Candle and the
Moth,” composed A H 8 94 = AD 1488, and dedicated to Sultan
Ya‘qub Aq-Quyunlu (A.H 884-896 = A D 1479-1490), beginning,
fol. 13«
y ljU ^U.)
III. Qasidahs, beginning, fol. 33» : —
I ^ ^ t
jjj} LUfjJJ ix^l 4ij) jX9j
34
266
IV. MuWiammasat and Muqatta‘at, beginning on fol. 87« . —
'-^ V '-S" i:/-’ J
V Oazals, arranged in alphabetical order, beginning on fob
98 —
ur»
VI. A series of Ruba is arranged alphabetically^
beginning with a short prose preface, beginning, fol. 292^* —
The first Ruba‘i begins thus —
liXsk^ '
jLu / <s.r
L.
VII l^jIxcLj Another series of Ruba'is describing the
various cards of the game, written for a pack of cards for a royal
personage, beginning with a short prose preface, fol 298^ —
« <— >b^I y iXyLi
4Jj)
Beginning of the first Ruba'i —
g.1 ! ^ 1/"^ ^mmS^ LiS.
VIII or Miscellaneous poems, consisting of a series
of Ruba is and single verses, foi. 304®
Written in good Nasta‘liq within coloured-ruled borders.
A note, dated 1 5th Dul Hijjah, AH 1175, and several other
notes of little importance are found on the fly-leaf of the copy
Dated on the last page (bound upside down), 14th Shawwal,
AH 1047
Scribe —
The MS 13 slightly damaged.
No 359
foil 362 ; lines (centre col ) 18 , (margl ) 14 ,
size 11|X6|, 7X3J
THE SAME.
A valuable copy of Ahli Shirazi’s Kulliyat with the same
contents and arrangement as in the preceding copy, in addition
267
to which there are three highly artificial Qasidahs towards the
end, composed in honour of Mir ‘Ali Shir, Sultan Ya^qub and
Shah lsma‘ii Bahadur respectively
The first artificial Qasidah begins thus pn fol 316^ —
jxxc dj
L— 1*’,.''^
The chief subtleties in it are that all the words in each of
two bayts, or m each of three bayts, written in red ink, if con-
nected, form a new bayt of a different metre and different trope;
for instance, from the above two bayts we get the following —
The second artificial Qasidah in praise of Sultan Ya^qub be-
gins on fol 331^, and the third m praise of Shah IsmaTl, on fol.
347^. Each of these three Qasidahs is preceded by a short prose
preface
This MS , though slightly defective and wanting a folio at the
beginning, is valuable. Each section begins with a profuselv illu-
minated ‘Unwan and beautiful ornamentations Written in
beautiful Nastaliq within gold and coloured-ruled borders with
the headings m red It was copied by the order of K^wajah
Lutf Ullah for Kjiwajah ‘Abd-ul -Karim
Scribe - y
Dated 9th Muharram, AH 1061
Three seals, two of which are dated 1213 and 1289, are found
on fol 362^
No 360
foil 31, lines 16, sizeSjXS, 5| X 3
Another copy containing the first and third artificial Qasidahs
of Ahli It begins with the third Qasidah (foil 1^-17"), after which
comes the first (foil 18*^-31«) Each Qasidah begins with the
usual preface.
Written in fair Nasta'liq- within gold and coloured-ruled bord-
ers with an illuminated frontispiece at the beginning of each
section.
Not dated, apparently 18th century.
268
No. 361.
foil 31: lines 15; size 10|-X6J; 7X4
DiWAN-I-SHARAF-I-JAHAN
A collection of the lyrical poems of Mirza Sbaraf bin Qadi
Jahan bin Sayyid Sayf-ud-Din ul-Husayni ul-Qazwini, better
known as Sharaf-i- Jahan ^ ^
( — 9jJi> » — ijjjxJ] was born m Qazwin
A.H. 902 == A D. 1496, and died AH 968 = A D 1560; comp.
Bankipur Lib Cat Nos 238 and 239, where two very good copies
of the diwan are noticed
The present copy consists chiefly of Oazals arranged in alpha-
betical order.
Beginning : —
The MS ends with a few Qit^ahs and seven Ruba‘is
Written m ordinary Nasta^liq within coloured -ruled borders,
with the headings in red.
Not dated, apparently 18th century
No. 362
foil. 127 , lines (centre col ) 14; (margl. col ) 23 ;
size 9x6, 8JX 4J.
DIWAN-I-RAHA’I.
The lyrical poems of ghaykh Sa‘d-ud-Din Raha’i of Khawaf
a descendant of the well-known saint
Shaykh Zayn-ud-Din KhawMi He came to India under Akbar,
and was still alive A H. 983 = A.D. 1575.
The present copy is defective, there being two folios wanting
at the beginning. It opens abruptly in the middle of a Masnawi
thus : —
Contents of the central col. : —
Qasidahs, fol. 4& , Crazals in alphabetical order, fol. 37^ ; Tar-
ji‘at, fol 106® ; Qit‘ahs, fol 115«; Ruba‘is, fol. 117® ; Mu‘ammiyat
and chronograms, fol 126&
269
The marginal column of the copy contains also a collection
of poems consisting of Qasidahs, fol. 3® ; Gazals in alphabetical
order, fol 37^; Ruba‘js, fol 111«
Written in good clear Na8ta‘liq within gold and coloured-ruled
borders with an illuminated ‘Unwan on fol. 37^.
Not dated, apparently 18th century A H.
A seal of ^ayyi Yar Muhammad, dated AH 1242 is found
on foil. 3«, 37« and 127^.
No. 363.
foil 83; lines 23; size 9X5; 7X3J
DiWAN-I-MUHTASHAM.
The lyrical poems of Maulana Muhtasham of Kasljan, yo
the teacher and friend of the well-known Tadkirah-
wri ter, Taqi Kashi (d. c AH 1016= AD. 1607), who collected
and prepared the poet’s diwan (see Rieu. li, p. 665) Muhtasham
died, according to the best authorities, in A H 996 = A D 1587
Beginning with Gazals m alphabetical order —
y y
Qasidahs not arranged in order, begin on fol 69«.
Elegv on the martyrdom of Imam Husayn, begins thus on
fol 81« —
jj sS ^ — ^1 ^ jb
^ I y ^ <S.a>..y jb
Written in ordinary Nasta‘liq
Not dated, apparently 19th century
No. 364.
foil. 245 , lines 14 ; size 8 X 4|^ ; 5| x 2J.
KULLlYAT-I-‘URFi.
The poetical works of Maulana Sayyid Muhammad, poetically
known as ‘Urfi, bin Maulana Zayn-ud-Din ‘All bin Maulana Jamal-
ud-Din Shirazi. He came to India, and at first made acquaintance
with the celebrated Faydi, and then, after serving for some time
under Khan-i-IOianan ‘Abd-ur-Rahim, attached himself to Akbar
270
He died of dysentery at Lahore, A.H ^999 = A.D. 1590, at the age
of thirty-six years.
Beginning : —
Qasidahs intermixed with Oazals, fol 1& ; an incomplete Mas-
nawi, entitled “ Farhad- wa-Shirin,’' fol 126^, Ruba‘is, on fol.
1436; short Ma^nawis, Qit'ahs, single verses and a few Qasidahs,
fol 180&; Tarkib-bands, fol. 2110, Mutafarnqat, fol 21 2®
Written in good Nastaliq within gold and coloured-ruled bord-
ers with illuminated head-pieces on foil 1^ and 143^ Spaces for
headings have been left blank in several places.
Not dated, apparently 18th century A H.
No. 365.
foil 243; lines 19, size 11X6^; 8|X4L
THE SAME.
Another copy of ‘Urfi’s Kulliyat The arrangement of the
contents of this copy exactly agrees with that of the India Office
Library copy No 1461.
Beginning —
Qasidahs and Qit‘ahs in alphabetical order, fol 1^ , Oazals in
alphabetical order, fol 81«, Ruba‘is, fol. 183«; Masnawis, viz
on fol 195^ and j 233«.
Written in Shikastah hand.
Not dated, apparently 19th century.
No. 366.
foil. Ill, lines 2*5; size 11x7, 7X4^.
KHAMSAH-I-SABFI.
A unique and valuable, but defective, copy of the Khamsah
of Maulana Shaykh Ya‘qub, poetically surnamed Sarfi, of Ka^mir
He was a friend of the celebrated historian Bada’uni, who devotes
a long notice to the poet’s life See Muntakhab-ut-Tawarikh, III,
pp. 142-149 and 259-261 Sarfi died on 12th Pulqa‘d, A.H 1003
271
*= A D. 1594, for which year Bada’uni (III, p gives the chrono-
gram ^
The poet composed this ^amsah in imitation of the five
poems of Nizami.
The poems m the present copy are arranged m wrong order
The right order seems to be as follows • —
I Maslak-ul-Aldiyar, foil. 87^-111®, written in
imitation of Nizami’s Makhzan-ul-Asrar, and completed A.H. 993
==^ A D 1586, for which year the title of the poem forms a chrono-
gram (cf fol 1 1 1«) This seems to be the first poem of the poet’s
Khamsah, for he refers to the second m the following line at the
end of this ppem, fol 1 1 1« —
Begmmng^ (fol. 87^) —
II ]jlXc j ^}j Wamiq wa ‘Adra, foil l^-24« It is in imita-
tion of Nizami’s Khusrau wa SLiirin, and treats of the love adven-
tures of Wamiq and ‘Adra
Beginning (fol 1^) —
This IS the second Mamawi poem of the poet’s Khamsah, as
^ ^ 4ijl
It was completed in A H 993 = AD 1585, as expressed by
the chronogram concluding lines of the poem.
Ill j Layla wa Majnun, fdfl 25^-50« In imita-
tion of Nizami’s poem of the same name
Beginning (fol 25^) —
jlj yi jlc! ]j^
It IS the third poem of the lUiamsah, and to it the poet refers
thus on fol 50« —
he himself says on fol 23« —
ybio y ^
272
The date of completion, A.H. 998 = A.D. 1589, is expressed
by the chronogram ^ jL in the concluding lines of the
poem.
The fourth poem, which the poet wrote in imitation of^
Nizami’s Iskandar Namah, and to which he refers in the prologue
of his fifth poem, is wanting —
joJlXiA-I J ^
i^iotSyo Maqamat-i-Pir, foil 50^-86^, in imitation of
Nizami’s Haft Paykar
Beginning (fol 50^) —
I
4JL)i ^L- -xajI
It was completed in A H 1000 = A D. 1591, for which year
the title forms a chronogram (fol 86«) The poet refers to this
poem on fol. 54« —
jj Jjj .ac v w jiJ
^ j lXui jI iijy^
l*^ j \ (AiC<
Written in small Nasta'liq within gold and coloured-ruled
border, with an illuminated head-piece at the beginning of each
poem. The headings are written in red throughout. The original
folios are placed in new margins
Not dated, apparently beginning of the 17th century
A seal of a certain Zaman *Ali Khan is found at the end of
each poem
No. 367
foil 258, lines 15, size 8| X 5J , SJxS.
DIWAN-I-FAYDI.
A very good copy of a collection of the lyrical poems of Shaykh
Abul Fayd, with the double Takhallus of Faydi and Fayyadi, the
brother of Akbar’s prime-minister Abul Fadl, the author of the
famous Akbar Namah. Faydi was born A.H. 954 = A.D. 1647,
and died A.H. 1004 = A.D 1595
273
Beginning with a preface introduced by three bayts the first
of which runs thus —
(Jjl ) 4ju)
Qasidahs, Elegies and Tarkib-bands, fol. 5&.
A short Masnawi, without any title, beginning as in Ethe,
Bodl. Lib. Cat. No. 1058, on fol 94^ —
Lwj I jiJu
A collection of Clazals in alphabetical order, extending up to
the k— ajJj, begins on fol 102^ —
bo ^ SS 1 bo I
or Riddles, beginning on fol 192<* —
^bb d>^b ^ ^
Ruba'is, not alphabetically arranged, beginning on fol. 199«
ij^y j j ) 'u^j^
Another Elegy, beginning on fol 248« —
* ^i| (Ji' C.jlJt.Ai' iS ^Isistsx^
The copy ends with some Elegies and Tarkib-bands
Written in beautiful Nasta‘liq within gold and coloured-ruled
borders, with richly illuminated ‘Unwans on foil 6-7. The headings
are written in red throughout the copy There are several seals
and ^ Ard-didahs on the fly-leaf, and one of these is dated Jumada I,
A H. 1069
Not dated, apparently 17th century
No. 368.
foil 129; lines 15; size 9£ x 5J ; 7iX4
THE SAME.
Another diwan of Faidi containing only a number of selected
Gazals, arranged in alphabetical order
Beginning . —
35
* bo ^1 SjiXsA^^
274
Written m ordinary Indian Nasta^Iiq within coloured-ruled
borders with an illuminated head-piece.
Dated A H 1230.
No. 369-
foil 165; lines 13, size 9X4J, 5?X2|.
NAL WA DAMAN.
Faydi’s famous Ma§nawi,*known as Nal-Daman, m imitation
of Nizami’s Layli wa Majnun It is a free Persian adaptation of
the episode of Nala and Damayanti in the Mahabharata
Beginning —
ole jbT j ^
This is the third poem of the poet’s l^amsah, which he
planned in A H 993 = A D 1685, but did not live to finish The
poet completed it m four months, and dedicated it to Akbar in A.H.
1003 = 4 D. 1594 Lithographed in Calcutta, 1831; Lucknow,
A.H 1263 , a part of the Masnawi is printed in Spiegels’ Chresto-
mathia Persica, Leipzig, 1846, pp 131-150.
Written in neat Nasta'liq within red-ruled borders, wifch the
headings in red
Dated Sha'ban, A H. 1072
Scribe * — Lej
The MS is damaged towards the end.
No. 370.
foil 105, lines 14, size 8]X4J, 5| > 2J.
RUB A‘ I YAT-I-S AHA BI.
A large collection of Ruba'is of Maulana Kainal-ud-Din Sahabi
of Astarabad, also called Sahabi Najafi on account of his spending
the last forty years of his life in devotion on the holy shrine of
‘Ali at Najaf, where he died according to unimpeachable authori-
ties in A H 1010 = AD 1601
The present collection of Ruba is, arranged in alphabetical
order, breaks off m the middle of the Jb
Beginning . —
276
IfcX— .“ V . J 1 *\ . j| | J. _ . X . ^L. . .qL—J ^ ^UJ ^ L— 1
1 1^,1 ,. V ^(j ^(J ^ ^^'ksx*M
Written in neat Nasta‘liq
Dated Ramadan, A H 1078
Scribe —
No. .371.
foil 59; lines 15; size 10^X6, 7 X 4^.
iJj
DIWAN-I-WALI
The lyrical poems of Wall of Da^t-i-Bayad, who flourished
under Shah Tahmasp Safawi of Persia (A H 930 98 4 = A D 1523-
1576), and died, according to Safinah (Ethe, Ind Office Lib Cat
No. 1481), in A.H 1012 = A D 1603
Beginning with Oazals in alphabetical order, fol 1^ • —
The MS ends with a senes of Ruba‘is, beginning on fol. 56«.
Written in ordinary Nasta‘liq within coloured borders
Not dated, apparently 19th century
No. 372.
foil 371; lines 17, size9X4|; 6iX2|.
lixjL! I
T‘JAZ NAMAH
An extremely rare copy of a poetical account of the exploits
and heroic deeds of ^Ali, by Maulana Shams-ud-Din IMuhammad,
poetically surnamed Oina’i, a native of Lar From the account
given by the poet himself on foil 12«-19« we learn that his father,
bearing the name Muhammad, flourished under Shah Tahmasp (II)
ofPersia(AH 930-984 = AD 1525-1576), who also showed favour
to our poet After the death of Shah Isma^il (II) (A H 984-985
= A.D 1576-1578), when Sultan Muhammad (Khudabandaii)
came to the throne, the poet left for India, and attached himself
to the services of emperor Akbar as a chronicler, in which capa-
city he passed four years He was then made a diwdn of Gujarat,
where he stayed for five years. Then, having incurred the d;s-
276
pleasure of the emperor, he was sent to prison (according to
Sprenger, Oude Catalogue, p 40, the poet was sent to prison at
Gawaliyar where he was in A H 994 — ADI 585).
He subsequently got the diwani of Bihar, and on Jahangir’s
accession received the diwani of Bengal, and lastly became a
Wazir at Delhi (cf fol 18«, 1 3) The date of the poet’s death is
not given anywhere, but he was still alive in A H 1014==- AD
1 605, when Jahangir ascended the throne
The title of the poem occurs on fol 32^. On fol
371«, where the poet gives some admonitions to his son JaTar, he
tells that he was sixty-five years old at the time of the composi-
tion of this work
Beginning —
Written in fair Nasta'liq with the headings in red The MS.
is in a damaged condition Foil. 9-11, 14-16, 41-48 and 104-114
seem to be fire-stained.
Not dated, apparently 17th century.
No 373.
foil 61 , lines 14 , size 8f x 5 , 6 X 3J
DiWAN-I-NASiMl
The lyrical poems of Nasimi, who is called by the author of
the Sham'-i-An]uman, p 467, Nasimi Husayni Shirazi
verse quoted by the author of the said Tad-
kirah is found here on fol 46^ The date of the poet’s death is
not known, but it is evident that he lived before AH 1016 =
A.D. 1607, the year in which the transcription of this copy was
completed
Beginning * —
Co
UiLw
The diwan consists of Gazals in alphabetical order, and ends
with a long Tarji^band, which begins thus on fol. 55^ —
uuli) Co
277
Written in good Nasta'liq within gold-ruled borders with an
illuminated head-piece and ^Unwan
Dated Kamadan, A H. 1016.
Scribe —
No. 374.
foil. 122, lines 17, size 7X3|, 5iX2J.
DiWAN-I-NAZIRI
The lyrical poems of the famous Maulana Muhammad Husayn,
poetically called Na^ari of Nishapui (^IrsxCJI
who died A H 1021 = AD 1612
Beginning —
^ oLA. iXi U> \ j ^ y]
\ * / J * • r»
Qasidahs, fol 1^ , Gazals, arranged m alphabetical order, fol
9^, Tarkib-bands, Tarji'at and Qlt^alls, fol GS^^, Ruba^is, fol 87« ,
another series of Qasidahs, fol 92^
Written in ordinary Nasta‘liq
Not dated, apparently 18th century
The MS IS worm-eaten and damaged
No 375.
foil 102, lines 17, sizeSjxH, 6^x3.
DIWAN-I-SANJAR.
The lyrical poems of Mir Muhammad Ha^im, poetically
called Sanjar aj of Kashan, who came
to India, according to Azad’s ^iizanah-i-'Amirah, p 259, during
the reign of Akbar in AH. 1000 = AD 1591 The poet subse-
quently entered the services of Ibrahim ^Adil Shah of Bijapur,
where he died m A H 1021 = AD 1612.
Beginning —
^jLsfc. ji jJjljkA. A.>
Tins copy consists of Grazals, Qasidahs, Qit^ahs, short Maj-
nawis, Ruba'is, and single verses intermixed with each other.
278
The folios are misplaced in many places and the catch-words
are wanting throughout
Written in good Nasta^iq within gold and coloured-ruled
borders
Dated A H. 1041 (cf 36^), i e. twenty years after the poet’s
death
The fly-leaf at the beginning contains numerous seals and
^Ard-didahs, the dates of which range from A.H. 1105-1171. A
seal of one Muhammad Salih, dated A H. 1178, is found on foil.
1^, 36?> and 45«
No. 376.
foil. 183; lines 13; size 9x6, 6^X3^
SAQI NAMAH-I-ZUHURI.
The well-known Masnawi of Maulana Nur-ud-Din Muhammad,
poetically called Zuhuri, of Tur^iz, mlOiurasan
^ who came to India A H 988 = A. D 1580, and
died AH. 1025= AD 1616
The poet dedicated the poem to Burhan Nizam Shah II of
Ahmadnagar (A H 999-1003 = A D. 1590-1594)
Some folios aie missing at the beginning of the copy, and the
Masnawi opens abruptly thus —
I Ai>
Written in good Nasta'^liq within coloured-ruled borders with
the headings in red Spaces for headings have been left blank in
several places Marginal and interlinear glosses are found m
many places
Dated Dulqa'd AH 1241
No. 377.
foil. 167; lines 14; size 6|X3J; 4^X1 J
Jb I j
MAHMUD WA AYAZ
The story of Mahmud and his slave Ayaz
This IS one of the seven Masnawis of Maulana Zulali of IQiwan-
sar flourished under Shah ^Abbas and
was a panegyrist to Muhammad Baqir Damad He commenced
279
this Magnawi AH 1001 = AD 1592, finished it A H 1024 «=
A.D. 1616, and died A H. 1024 or 1025 = A D 1615 or 1616.
Beginning with a short preface —
The poem itself begins thus on fol 4^ —
It was edited in Lucknow, A H 1290
Written in minute Nastadiq within gold and coloured-ruled
borders with beautifully illuminated head-pieces on foil. 1^ and 4^.
The headings are wiitten in red thioughout the copy
Not dated, apparently 18th century
No. 378.
foil 79, lines 11, size 6X4, 3X1J
DTWAN-I-TURAB.
The lyrical poems of Mirzi Abu Turab Beg of Ka^an
L^]jj y] who flourished in the reign of ^lah ^Abbas
Safawi(AH 985-1038 = A D 1577-1628)
The diwan begins with a preface by the poet’s friend Tbn-i-
Mirza ^Ali ^Abd-ul-Karim KaihcUii, who collected the poet’s diwan
The date of the poet’s death given in this preface, fol 5®, is Fri-
day, 14th Rajab, A H 1025 = x\ D 1616
Beginning of the preface —
* ^i| JaUJ) j]j}S
A copy of the work, closely agreeing with the present one, is
noticed in Eth6, Ind Office Lib. Cat No 1523
Beginning of the Qasiiah, on fol 9^ —
Qasidahs, fol 9^; Tarji^bands, fol 15^\ Tarkib-bands, fol.
22« , a Masnawi, fol 29«* , Muqatta^at, fol 31^, Mu^ammiyat, fol.
35«; Tarildis, fol 36^, Gazals in alphabetical order, fol 38^;
Fards, fol 67« , Ruba'is, fol 77^
Written in minute Nasta^iq with the headings in red Some
folios are wanting at the end
280
Not dated, apparently 18th century.
The MS. is worm-eaten.
No 379.
foil 148; lines 14; size9jX5; 6x3
DIWAN-I-SHAPUR
The lyrical poems of Aqa Shapur Ul or, according to Taqi
Kashi (Sprenger, 42), KJiwajah SJjaraf-ud-Din Shapur, a relative
of the celebrated I‘timad-ud-Daulah, the father of Jahangir’s wife,
Nur Jahan He was still alive m A H 1026 = A D 1616
Beginning with Qasidahs in alphabetical order, on fol 1^ —
^ sS I*‘'V**^
Tarji^at, on fol 27«, 6azals, on fol 35^, Ruba^is, on fol 141«.
The Gazals break off in the middle of the Lfc » sljJj
Some folios have been misplaced , the right order should be * —
36, 31, 30, 37
Written in fair Nasta‘liq within gold and coloured-ruled bord-
ers with illuminations on foil l^-2«, 27^-28« and 35^-36« Correc-
tions and emendations are occasional
Not dated, apparently 18th century
No. 380.
foil 19, lines 9, size8jx4|, 5|X2J
NAN WA HALWA
OR
BREAD AND SWEETS”
A poem on ascetic life by Baha-ud-Din ^Amuli, with his full
name Shaykh Baha-ud-Din Muhammad bin Sayyid Husayn bin
^Abd-us-Samad ul-Hari§i, of Jabal-i-^Amul, near Damascus
adopted the poetical title of Baha’i, and was born, according to
Brocklemann, Vol II, p 414, on the 19th Dulhijjah, AH. 963 =
11th February, A D. 1547 He was a great Shi^ah divine, and
wrote numerous works on Shihte law, tradition, mathematics and
281
astronomy See Bankipur Lib Cat Vol III, pp 43-48 He died
in Shawwal, A H 1030 = AD 1621 ^
Beginning with a short preface in Arabic —
The poem itself begins thus on fol 2« --
^^aJ| tfjl L>.WI ^ibLvJ! l^l
The Mamawi is also called jbsvsxfl on account of its
having been composed in the course of the author’s pilgrimage
See Majma‘-ul-Fusaha, ii, p. 9
It has been lithographed in Constantinople, AH 1268 and 1282.
Written in a clear bold Nasta^iq within gold and coloured-
ruled borders with an illuminated ^Unwan and the headings in red
Not dated, apparently 17th century
No. 381.
foil 136, lines 12, size 7X3J, 5x2.
DIWAN-I-NAQI
The diwan of Shayldi ‘Ali Naqi of Kamran (in 'Iraq)
a well-known panegyrist of Shah 'Abbas I (A.H. 995-
1038 = AD 1586-1628) He died in A H 1030 or 1031 = AD.
1620 or 1621 Copies of his diwan are rare One is noticed in
the Bankipur Library Catalogue, Vol HI, p 9
Beginning —
Contents —
Oazals in alphabetical order, fol l& , Ruba'is, fol 91a ; Mu'am-
miyat, fol 92^, Tarikhs, fol llO®; Pahlawiyat, fol. 112o
Written m good Nasta'liq within gold and coloured-ruled
borders with an illuminated head-piece
Dated A.H. 1055
A note at the end, dated AH 1113, is followed by a seal of
'Abd ul-Majid ^^an of Muhammad Shah’s court
Another note on the fly-leaf at the beginning says that the
donor of this library purchased the MS. for fifteen rupees.
36
282
No 382.
foil 98, lines 12, size6JX3J, 4|x2
THE SAME
A small collection of the lyrical poems of the same ^Ali Naqi,
beginning with Qasidahs —
Gazals in alphabetical order, beginning as above, fol. 23« ;
Ruba^is,'nnd Pahlawiy at intermixed, fol 80^, Tarkib -bands, fol 92«.
Written in good Nastadiq within gold and coloured-ruled
borders with an illuminated head-piece
Not dated, apparently 17th century
There are several seals, almost all faded, on the fly-leaf, and
one of these, bearing the inscription is dated A H 1120.
No 383.
foil 92, lines 12, size7|-X4, 4|x2J.
THE SAME
A collection of ^Ali Naqi’s Qasidahs, without any order, begin-
ning like the preceding copy The Qasidahs are followed by Tar-
kib-bands, on fol. 53^ , elegies, fol 62^ , Tarikhs, fol 70«
Written m good Nasta'liq within gold and coloured-ruled
borders with whole-page ‘Unwans on foil 1^, 2« and 2^.
Not dated, apparently 17th century
A sea] bearing the inscription —
^ xLii
is found at the beginning and end of the copy
No. 384.
foil. 511, lines 25, size 12|x6|^, 10X3|
DiWAN-I-TALIR-I-AMULI
A large collection of the poems of Maulana Muhammad Talib
of Amul in Mazandaran the poet-laureate
of Jahangir’s court. He died at Pathpur, A H. 1035 = A D. 1625.
283
Beginning with Qit^ahs —
ly jJ sS
Tarkib-bands and elegies, fol 20^, Masnawis, fol. 36^ The
first Masnawi, foil 36-107, is a poetical account of Jahangir’s reign,
written at the emperor’s order in imitation of Firdausi’s Shah
Namah, Nizami’s Sikandar Namah and Hatifi’s Timur Namah,
cf. fol. 49^, 11 16-18. The title Jahangir Namah occurs
on fol 49^, 1. 22 This Masnawi seems to be rare, 'inasmuch as it
IS not found in the poet’s works mentioned in other catalogues.
The author of the Suhuf-i-Tbrahim (Bankipur Lib Copy, fol 565^)
says that Talib composed a Jahangir Namah of five thousand
verses The present copy consists of about four thousand verses
It begins thus on fol. 36^ —
The headings are wanting throughout The Jahangir Namah
IS folio w^ed by short Masnawis Cazals in alphabetical order, fol.
128^; Ruba‘i8 alphabetically arranged, fol 464^
Written in fair Nasta^iq
Not dated, apparently 18th century
The MS is in a damaged condition
No. 385.
foil 189, lines (centr col) 12, (margl. col ) 24,
size 10|^X 6 , 9J X 5
THE SAME.
Another copy of Talib Amuli’s diwan, consisting of Qasidahs,
6azals, Masnawis and Ruba^is
Beginning —
Written in fair Nasta'liq within gold-ruled borders with illu-
minated 'Unwan and ornamentations at the beginning
Not dated, apparently 18th century.
The fly-leaf bears a note dated A.H 1 172, and another dated
A H. 1192 A note on the same page, dated 3rd October, 1891,
suggests that the MS formerly belonged to one Muhammad Yusuf
Abul Baqa, son of Maulavi Sayyid Muhammad Isma'il I^an of
Bankipur, Patna.
284
No. 386.
foil 165; lines 17, size 9X4|, 6jx2|
THE SAME.
Another copy of Talib’s diwan consisting chiefly of Qasidahs,
followed by a series of Qit‘ahs and Tarkib-bands
Beginning --
^ Jot - ji ^
Written in fair Nasta'liq within coloured ruled borders with
an illuminated head-piece
Not dated, apparently 18th century
Two 'Ard-didahs, one dated A H 1 147, and another 1150, are
found on the fly-leaf
No. 387.
foil* 77, lines 17, size 10x6|-; 7X3J
DIWAN-I-QASIM DIWANAH
The Diwan of Mulla Muhammad Qasim better
known as Qasim Diwanah, of Ma^had, who came to India, and
settled in Delhi where he was still alive in A H. 1036 == A D 1626
The Diwan consists chiefly of Oazals arranged in alphabetical
order, with a few Ruba‘is at the end
Beginning —
* L« ^ y yJJi j) AXaia.)
Written in broken Nasta^liq
Not dated, apparently 18th century
No 388. \
foil 289, lines 15, size 8x4J, 5^x2J.
KULLIYAT-I-SHIFA’i
The poetical works of Hakim Sharaf-ud-Din Hasan Shifa’i
^JUii ‘ ^ past-master in all branches of
poetry He was a renowned physician in the court of Shah ‘Abbas
285
the Great, and died on the 15th of Ramadan, A H 1037 A D.
1628.
Beginning . —
The work consists of Satires, fol 1^, Masnawis, fol 73® ; Ru-
ba'is and Qit‘ahs, fol 87", Tarkib-bands, fol. 128«, Qasidahs,
fol. 156^ The Masnawi j composed A H 1021 == A D.
1612, begins on fol. 242«
Written in beautiful Nasta‘liq within gold and coloured-ruled
borders on papers of different colours, with an illuminated head-
piece
Folios have been misplaced in many places The proper order,
as far as can be ascertained, should be 26«-33^, 126'* , 88»-92^, 87^ ,
48»-72\ 234«-241«, 186«-233&, 256«-257^ , 253«-255^ 258«-287&
Bated Wednesday, the 1 1th of Jumada IT, A.H. 1026. That
IS to say, the copy was written eleven years before the poet's death.
Scribe —
No. 389.
foil 378, lines 11, size 7 X 4| , 5X2|
DIWAN-I-JALAL ASIR
TheBiwan of Mirza Jalal Asir Isfahan!, with the takhallus Asir
jxJ jsJ an intimate friend of Shah
‘Abbas I who gave him one of his daughters in marriage He died
young on account of his excess in drinking, A H. 1049 = A B
1639 The low tone of, and the vulgar jokes in, Aslr’s poems are
bitterly condemned by some of his biographers
The contents of this copy are divided into two parts —
1 Foil 1-290 Gazals in alphabetical order, beginning —
2. Foil 290-378. Qasidahs, Qit‘ahs, Chronograms, Magnawis
and Tarkib-bands without any order, beginning —
# (j)o (Jj
Written in bold Indian Nasta‘liq on papers of different colours
within red-ruled borders, with an illuminated frontispiece at the
beginning of each Section The colophon of the first part is dated
286
Tuesday, the 17th Ramadan, A H. 1189, the 17th regnal year of
Shah ‘Alam, and that of the second, Wednesday, the 17th of
Sha‘ban, A.H. 1189
Scribe — ^1;
No 390.
foil 330, lines 13, size 10X5, 6X3.
THE SAME.
Another copy of Asir's Diwan, consisting of Gazals in alpha-
betical order and Ruba‘is without any order
Beginning as above
Written in ordinary Nasta‘liq within red-ruled borders The
copy IS full of mterlineal and marginal glosses
Dated Thursday, the 28th of Ramadan, the 50bh regnal year
(most probably of Aurangzib)
A seal of Lii dated AH 1124 and another of
are found respectively on foil 70« and 70^
No 39L
foil 596, lines 17, size; 9JX5J, 7^X3^
KULLlYAT-I-QUDSi
The poetical works of Haji Muhammad Jan Qudsi of Ma^ihad
came to India AH 1041 -
A D 1681, and was introduced to the court of Shah Jahan by
‘Abd Ullah lOian Firuz Jang (d A H 1054 = A D 1644) in A H.
1042 == AD 1632 He held a prominent position among the
poets of Shah Jahan’s court, and was liberally rewarded on several
occasions by the emperor Ho died at Lahore or Kashmir,
according to best authorities, in AH 1056 — AD 1646
The present kulliyat, like many others, begins with the prose
preface by Jalal-ud-Din Muhammad Tabataba’i of Isfahan (who
came to India in A H 1044 — AD 16, U), which was finished m
Agra, the 11th of Rabi‘ I, A H 1048 — July 23, A D 1638
Beginning —
Qasidahs arranged m alphabetical order, fol. 7^ , Tarji‘ and
Tarkib-bands, fol 121^, Gazals, alphabetically arranged, fol
287
165^; Rubais, in alphabetical order, fol. 248« The Ma§nawi
Zafar Namah, relating the exploits of §hah Jahan, begins
thus on fol 289^ —
According to some authors Qudsi left this Masnawi incomplete,
and it was subsequently finished by Talib-i-Kalim ; but see Rieu,
ii , p. 686
The Masnawi in praise of Ka^mir begins on fol 557^.
Another Masnawi without any title, agreeing with Ethe, Ind Office
Nos. 1662,6 and 1663,7, begins on fol 589^
Written in good Indian Nastaliq within gold and coloured-
ruled borders with illuminated head-pieces on foil. 1^, 7^, 121^^,
165^, 248^, 2S9^, 395^, 557^, and 589^ The fly-leaf at the begin-
ning contains a painted picture of Indian style of Haji Muhammad
Jan Qudsi, the author of the work
A seal of Muhammad Ibrahim, dated AH 1276, is found on
foil 1^ and 696®
Not dated, apparently 17th century.
No. 392
foil. 197 , lines 12 , size 10| X 6J ; 6x3.
THE SAME
A very beautiful copy of a smaller collection of Qudsi’s poetic-
al works, preceded by a short prose preface, written in AH.
1041 = A D 1631 and dedicated to Abu Nasr Khan bin Minu^ihr
Khan, the governor of Ma^had.
Beginning, like Ethe Ind. office Lib. copy No 1552,7 * —
))| Jj ^
Qasidahs in alphabetical order, beginning on fol. 8^ —
Tarkib-bands, fol 91«, short Masnawis, fol 124^; 6azals
alphabetically arranged, fol 132^, Rubais without any order,
fol. 193«
Wiitten in beautiful Nastaliq wuthm gold and coloured-ruled
borders on papers with floral designs in gold Profusely illumin-
ated ‘Unwans on foil 1^, 8^. and 132^ The first two pages are
sumptuously illuminated
Not dated, apparently 17th century
Foil 187<^-197^ are slightly water-stained
288
No. 393.
foil. 185, lines 13, size8Jx5J, 6X3.
THE SAME
Another copy of Qiidsi’s diwan, beginning with the same pre-
face and consisting of Tarkib-bands, Mamawis, Gazals and Ruba‘is
arranged in the same order as m the preceding copy.
Written in good Nasta‘liq
Not dated, apparently 18th century.
No 394
foil 25, lines 12, size 9JX5J ; 6X2J.
IFTITAH-I-SULTANI
A poetical account of prince Aurarigzib’s war with the Uzbeks,
and Nadr Muhammad Khan, the ruler of BalWi, by a poet who
calls himself, on foil 6^ and 24«, ‘Alawi. He flourished under
Shah Jahan, who is spoken of in the present tense
Beginning —
The title of the poem occurs on fol. 25«
The date of composition, A H 1057 = A D 1647, is given in
the concluding line, which forms a chronogram
Written in good Nastaliq within gold-ruled borders with a
double-page illuminated ‘Unwan It was copied at the desire of
one Nur Mahdi Khan by Muhammad Ar^iad in A H. 1150
No. 395
foil. 36, lines.. 14, size 6\x4^, 6x2|-.
MANOHAR WA MADHU MALAT.
A Masnawi on the love-story of prince Manohar and princess
Mdhu Malat, translated from a Hindu poem
289
Beginning as in Rieu, ii, p. 700« : —
In the colophon the work is ascribed to one ghaykh Nhr
Muhammad sX^jssl^ j y u-iuJuflJ. The date of composition given
in the concluding lines is A H 1059 = A.D 1649, and it is said
here that the poem consists of one thousand verses.
Written in a careless ugly Nasta‘liq by a most illiterate scribe,
who gives his name in the colophon as ghaykh Lutf-Ullah. Full
of clerical mistakes
Dated 11th Chait, the third regnal year ? Apparently 19th
century
No. 396.
foil. 180, lines 16, size 9JX6J, 6x3J.
DIWAN-I-FAYYAD.
The diwan of Maulana ‘Abd-ur-Razzaq bin ‘Ali bin Husayn,
poetically called Fayyad ^
He was born inLahijan, but as he lived for a long
time in Qum, under ghah ‘Abbas II (A.H. 1052-1077 = A.D*
1642-1666), he is also known as Qummi He died, according to
Rieu, Supplt , No 324, where a copy of his diwan is noticed,
about A.H. 1060 = A D 1650 Another copy is described in Bank.
Lib. Cat., Vol. Ill, pp. 94-97
Beginning : —
« ^i) )>) ^]j9y
This copy consists of Oazals in alphabetical order, fol 1^ ;
Ruba‘is, without any order, fol 155«. It ends with a Saqi Namah,
which begins thus on fol 169^ —
j(j u.i>Lkw) (.^
Written in Nim Shikastah by Sayyid ‘Ali of Thanisar
for one ghaykh Muhammad Ahsan.
Dated ghah Jahanabad, 13th Pulqa‘ad, the thirteenth regnal
year of Muhammad gbah, i.e. A.H 1143.
37
290
No. 397.
foil, 101, lines 15, size 8X5J;
DIWAN-I-KALIM.
The Diwan of Mirza Abu Talib, with the poetical title Kalim
^ \ — JLL yl Ij^. He was born in Hamadan, but, as he
lived for some time in Ka^an, he is sometimes called Kashi He
came to India during the reign of Jahangir, and, shortly after
Shah Jahan’s accession, attached himself to the Imperial Court,
receiving from the emperor ample rewards for composing poems on
occasional events. He died, according to the best authorities,
A.H. 1062 = A.D. 1661.
This copy of the Diwan consists chiefly of Gazals, arranged in
alphabetical order.
Beginning * —
The copy is incomplete, and the Gazals break off abruptly in
the middle of the letter J (dal). The Gazals are followed by a
fragment of a treatise on Muhammadan law, dealing with matri-
monial questions (foil 95»-101&)
Written in Nim Shikastah with notes and additional verses on
the margins
Not dated, apparently 19th century.
No- 398-
foil. 29, lines 15; size 10Jx6; 7X4J
DIWAN-I-NISBATi.
Selections from the Diwan of Maulana Nisbati of Thanisar,
near Lahore, who was still alive in A H. 1062 =
Ad 1651. See Bankipur Lib. Cat., Vol iii, pp 104-105.
Beginning with Oazals in alphabetical order • —
(./« ^ SitA jj| IL
The copy ends with a few Ruba‘i8 on fol 27®.
Written in ordinary Nastaliq within red-ruled borders.
Not dated, apparently 19th century.
291
^ No. 399.
foil. 96; lines 13; size TfXiJ; 6|.X2J
DIWAN-I-SAYDI.
A somewhat rare copy of the lyrical poems of Mulla Sayyid
‘All, with the poetical nom de plume Saydi, of Teheran, lU
who came to India during the reign of Shah
Jahto, in A H. 1064 = A D 1653 He enjoyed the warm favour
of the emperor’s accomplished daughter Jahan Ara Begam, and
died in Delhi A.H 1069 = A D. 1658
This copy consists chiefly of Oazals arranged in alphabetical
order
Beginning : —
The Ga^zals are followed by a few Qit‘ahs on fol. 95» and
Ruba‘i8, fol. 95^.
Written in good Nastafliq within gold and coloured-ruled
borders.
Not dated, apparently 17th century.
A note at the end runs thus —
The last two folios are pasted over with patches of thick
paper
No. 400.
foil 87, lines 13; size 7JX4|-, 5JX2|.
DiWAN-I-BlKHWUD.
The Diwan of Mulla Jami, poetically surnamed Bikhwud,
Lahore, and flourished in the
reign of Shah Jahan He also wrote a Masnawi, entitled Jj ^
“ Beauty and Heart ” (Comp. Rieu, TI, p. 741^), and died, accord-
ing to SarWiwu^ (Sprenger, p 110), in A.H. 1086 = A D 1675,
but the chronogram ji quoted by Sprenger,
loc. cit , gives A H 1084 =* A D. 1673
This copy of the poet’s Diwan consists chiefly of Gazals in
alphabetical order, and some Ruba‘is without any order.
292
Beginning with Gazals : —
Written in minute Nasta‘liq within gold and coloured-ruled
borders
Dated, on fol. 99^, 27th Jumada I, A H. 1114.
No. 401.
foil. 62; lines 16, size 9x4^; 7X3.
DIWAN-I-‘ISHQ.
An extremely rare copy of the lyrical poems of ‘Ishq,
Several poets bearing the TaWi alius ‘Ishq are noticed by the
biographers of Persian poets The present author seems to be
identical with Mirza Abd-ullah ‘Idiq, (3-^ -41)1 jjx
son of Mirza Muhammad Shafi‘, mentioned in the Riyad-ush-
Shua‘ra (Bankipur Lib Copy, fol 277"), where, among the verses
quoted by the author of the said Tadkirah, one, viz the first on
fol 7«, is found here In Riyad w^e are told that the poet died in the
reign of Shah Sulayman Safawi, who reigned AH 1077-1105 =
A D. 1667-1694, and that one of his ancestors, Mirza Da’ud, was
closely connected with the Safawi kings of Persia On fol 45^
the poet refers to the Anwar-i-Suhayli of Husayn Wa‘iz-ul-Kashifi
(d. A.H 910 = AD 1504) thus*—
Beginning — ,
]j i}y^ ^Jui j)
Contents : —
Oazals in alphabetical order, fol. 1^. A long Qasidah of sixty
verses on fol 43®, beginning • —
Tarkib-bands, on fol. 45», beginning . —
*
293
Rubais, on fol. 51o, beginning : —
Written in beautiful Nastaliq within gold-ruled borders with
an illuminated head-piece. On fol 52« the following note, written
in red in the same hand as, the MS. itself, says that the copy be-
longed to one ghay^ Muhammad Amjad * —
The date of transcription given between the last two lines, at
first sight reads “ A H. 1050/’ but closer inspection shows that
it is “ 11050” which evidently stands for “ 1150 ”
No. 402.
foil. 589 ; lines 31 (in 4 coll.) , size 14X 8| , IIJX 6J,
DiWAN-I-SA’IB.
A very valuable autograph copy of a large collection of the
Oazals of the famous poet Sa’ib, with his original name Mirza
Muhammad ‘Ali JU» Ij^. His ancestors belonged to
Tabriz, but during the time of Shah ‘Abbas II the family removed
to Isfahan, where he was born in about AH. 1012 = AD 1603.
He came to India during the latter period of Jahangir’s reign,
and found a most benevolent patron in Zafar ^an, the governor
of Kabul, who brought him to the court of Shah Jahto Towards
the end of his life he returned to Persia, and received the title of
Malik-ush-Shu‘ara from ‘Abbas II He died in Isfahan A.H.
1088 = A.D 1677 He is admitted on all hands to be the greatest
among the modern Persian poets, and is the creator of a new style
of poetry. He was also well versed in Turkish, and most copies
of his diwan contain poems in Turki This copy of the diwan,
consisting chiefly of Gazals in alphabetical order, begins thus, like
most copies . —
i !»■— aj ^jS"!
Written in beautiful minute ghikastah hand within gold-ruled
borders with a beautifully illuminated head-piece and a double-,
page ‘Unw&n.
This valuable copy has an illuminated parallelogram on the
294
fly-leaf containing two verses of the poet, the flrst of which runs
thus : —
Li— ■ yJ ti) Sk'sxSL-c jl ^ ^
V-5^ ^
These verses, written in the same hand as the MS itself, are
introduced by the words uj]\, i e. ** written by Sa’ib,^’ and
are followed by a seal of the poet bearing the inscription
\ ^Le On the right-hand side of the aforesaid verses is a note
by Muhammad Baqir ul-Musawi un-Ni^apuri, entitled Siyadat
lyian, in which it is said that this MS. was written for Zafar lOian
of Kabul by Mirza Sa’ib himself, and was m the possession of
Ni‘mat Ullah Khan, who, towards the end of A H 1138, presented
it to the writer of the note
Two other notes, dated A.H 1192 and 1206, are found on the
same folio
No. 403.
foil 602; lines (centrL col ) 15; (margl. col.) 28,
size 11^X6, 10x5.
THE SAME.
Another copy of Sa’ib’s diwan, containing Gazals in alphabeti-
cal order, Mufridat or single verses (fol. 580^), beginning as in
Bankipur Lib. copy No 341 , unfinished (iazals, known as
fol. 596« (margin)
Written in fair Nasta‘liq within coloured-ruled borders
A versified colophon on the last folio says that the MS. was
copied at the request of one Muhammad ‘Arif QMi by Hatim in
A.H. 1114
A seal of Dilawar ‘Ali of ‘Alamgir’s time bearing the date
A H. 1097 or 1067 is found on the fly-leaf It is evident that
this seal was impressed long after the death of the said Dilawar
‘All, by a different person.
No. 404.
foil. 512, lines 17, size lOXSJ; 6|X2J.
THE SAME.
Another copy of Sa‘ib*s diwan, containing Gazals in alpha-
betical order, Matali* or opening verses, alphabetically arranged,
fol. 4161&; Mutafarriqat or detached verses, likewise in alphabeti-
cal order, fol. 430^.
296
Written in fine Nim-ghikastah hand.
Not dated, apparently 18th century.
No. 405.
foil 76 ; lines 16 ; size 6| X X 2^.
DIWAN-I-KATIB
A slightly defective copy of the lyrical poems of a poet whc
adopts the poetical nom de plume Katib,
Beginning, with a Qasidah in praise of ‘Ali —
V
The Crazals in alphabetical order begins on fol 4^ • —
The poet mentions Naziri (d A H 1022 = A D. 1613) on fol
39« and Sa’ib (d A H. 1088 = A.D 1677) on fol 65^ It is there
Fore evident that he died some time after the last -mentioned date
This copy consists chiefly of Gazals, and breaks off in the
middle of the letter a Fol 76 should be followed by fol 57.
Written in ordinary Nastafliq
Not dated, apparently 18th century
No. 406.
foil 135; lines 12, size 7JX4J, 5x2|
DIWAN-I-SHAUKAT.
A valuable copy of a selection of the lyrical poems of Mu-
hammad Ishaq SJiaukat of Bukhara,
prho finally settled in Isfahan, where he died inAH 1107 = AI).
i^n.
^ Beginning : —
yii I; ujur Jf Uii.
296
A Turkish commentary on the poet’s diwan is noticed in G
Flugel, i., p. 690
This copy contains a selection of the poet’s Gazals arrangec
in alphabetical order.
Written in good Na8ta‘liq within gold-ruled borders on gol<
sprinkled paper, with an illuminated ‘Unwan Copied, AH. 1125
i.e. 18 years after the poet’s death, by Muhammad Isma‘il of Tab
riz at Isfahan
No- 407.
foil 99; lines 17, size8JX6; 6JX2|.
DIWAN-I-KHALIL.
A collection of poems by a poet who adopts the takhallui
ilOialil From the chronograms on foil. 47“-49« it woulc
appear that he lived under Aurangzib (AH. 1069-1119 = A.D
1669-1707) whom he praises m laudatory terms The last dat<
found is A H. 1107 = A D
The MS is a defective one, and opens abruptly thus . —
The first part of the copy comprises Gazals in alphabetica
order, followed by a series of detached verses on fol 28«. Mu‘am-
mas, fol 34«, Ruba‘is, fol 41^, chronograms, fol. 47«; short
Magnawis, fol. 49^.
Written in fair Nasta‘liq with additional verses on the
margins
Not dated, apparently 18th century.
No. 408.
foil. 336, lines 14, size9X4|; 6x2f
KULLIYAT-I-KHASHI*.
A rare copy of the poetical works of ;^ashi‘ jJllA, whose full
name remains in obscurity. It is evident from the following line
on fol. 71^, that the poet came to India from Iran : —
297
The exact date of the poet’s death is also not known, but
from the panegyric poems and verses addressed to the Emperors
Alamgir and Bahadur Shah, we can reasonably infer that the poet
flourished in their reigns The latest date found in the work, is a
chronogram expressing the date of BahMur Shah’s accession to
the throne in A H. 1119 = A D. 1707.
Beginning •—
The work consists of Qasidahs without any alphabetical order,
fol 1^; Tarji‘band, onfol. 50«; aMa^nawi, fol 53^; chronograms,
fol 63«; Oazals, in alphabetical order, fol 79^, Ruba‘is, without
any order, fol. 223^
Written in fair Na8ta‘liq within gold and coloured-ruled
borders with an illuminated head-piece on fol. 1^ and 79^. Ad-
ditional verses are found on the margins throughout the copy.
Unfortunately the folios towards the end are in considerable
confusion. The right order seems to be — 1-192, 296, 193-198,
301, 199-290, 307-310, 291-294, 303-306, 311, 297, 295, 302, 299-
300, 312-336
Not dated, apparently beginning of the 18th century.
A seal of Dilawar ‘Ali of ‘Alamgir’s reign, dated A H 1162, is
found on the fly-leaf
No. 409.
foil. 347 ; lines 19 (4 coll ) ; size 12 x 9J ; 9J X 7.
HAMLAH-T-HAYDARI
A poetical account of the prophet and the first four Khalifs,
based on the Ma‘arij-un-Nubuwwat of Mulla Miskin, by Mirza
Muhammad Rafi‘ Khan, with the taldi alius Badil
Jib He was at first attached as Diwan to Prince Mu‘izz-ud-
Din, whose mother was his own sister, but later on became the
governor of Gawaliyar, and then of Bans Barelly. He died in
Delhi, AH 1123 = A.D 1711.
Beginning . —
For full particulars of the author and his works see Bankipur
Lib Cat., Vol III, p. 374, etc
This copy does not contain the continuation by Muhammad
Sadiq Azad.
38
298
Written in ordinary Nasta'liq on coloured papers within
coloured-ruled borders with an illuminated head-piece. The head-
ings are written in red throughout
Dated A.H. 1147
Scribe * — ^
No. 410.
foil. 117, lines 15 , size 7f X 44 ; X 3.
DiWAN-I-BIDIL
A collection of the lyrical poems of Mirza ‘Abdul Qadir Bidil
bin Mirs^a ‘Abd-ul-KhMiq who
originally belonged to the Turkish ^agata’i tribe of Arias, but
was born in ‘AzimabM (Patna), A.H 1054 = A D 1644 He was
of great stature, and, according to some authorities, at first adopt-
ed the takhallus of Ramzi He spent his last days in Delhi,
where he died on Thursday, the 4th Safar, A.H. 1 133 = A D. 1720.
He was also well versed in Turkish. His complete works are said
to amount to between ninety and a hundred thousand lines.
This collection, consisting chiefly of Cazals in alphabetical
order, begins thus —
« ^1 ^
Written in fair Na8fca‘liq.
Not dated, apparently 19th century.
Two seals of one Sayjid ‘Abd-ul Basit, dated A.H. 1221, aro
found on foil. 1^ and 117^ respectively
No. 411.
foil 117, lines 12. size9JX5J, 6X2|.
Mi
HALLAJ WA HADDAD.
A mystical Magnawi dealing with the story of the cotton*
cleaner and the blacksmith, by Muhammad Tahir, poetically sur-
named ‘Alawi, of Kashan yt>Us He came ta
India, and flourished under Muhamihad Nasir-ud-Din §hah (A.H.
299
1131-1161 = A. D. 1719-1748), to whom he dedicated the present
work, which he completed in A.H. 1140= A.D. 1727 (cf. foU
115«).
Beginning, as in Sprenger, p. 328 : —
&£S3J^ ilJjiitJ j) ^(JL)
Written in good Nastaliq within gold- ruled borders with a
double-page ‘Unwan and two illuminated head-pieces in the begin-
ning.
The colophon, dated A.H 1144 (wrongly written j
^ instead of j ^ ^
was transcribed by the poet’s pupil Muhammad Ar^ad
The colophon is followed by a seal of Salah-ud-Din lOian of
Muhammad .Shah’s time, dated AH. 1146.
The MS. is worm-eaten
No. 412.
foil. 96, lines 16, size 9^x6, 6x3.
DiWAN-I-HAYA
The Diwan of Sheo Ram, poetically surnamed Hay a ^1;
a Kayath Hindu of Akbarabad. He was the son of Bhagwatt
Mai, a Mutasaddi (accountant) of ‘Aurangzib’s Wazir Nawwab
Asad Khan He was a pupil of Mirza Bidil of Patna, and died,
according to ‘Ali Hasan’s Subh-i-Gulshan, p. 144, in A.H. 1144 =
A.D. 1731.
Beginning as in Ethe, Bodl Lib. Cat No 1171 * —
jj ji} b ^ jL
Contents Oazals in alphabetical order, fol. 1^ ; Ruba‘i8, foL
80^; MuWiammas, fol. 89^; Mu‘ammiyat, fol. 92®; Chronograms,
fol. 92^ ; Qit‘ahs, fol 94«.
Written in good Nasta‘liq within red-ruled borders with an
illuminated head-piece. Foil. 2»-9^ are written in a different hand.
Additional verses are found on the margins. Spaces are left
blank in many places.
Not dated, apparently 18th century.
300
No. 413.
foil. 148; lines 11; size 8jX6j; 6x3.
DIWAN-I-SABIT.
The Diwan of Mir Muhammad Afdal, with the TaWiallus Sdhit
J^l of BadaWi^an. He was the nephew of
Himmat lyian Badakhshi (son of Islam IGian), and died in Sha‘-
ban, A.H. 1161 = AD 1738
Beginning
♦ ^J) c ixAwj)^ sS )
This copy of the poet’s Diwan consists of Qasidahs including
some elegies, fol ; Oazals m alphabetical order, fol. 96^ ;
Qit^ahs, intermixed with single verses, Ruba‘is and chronograms,
fol. 140^; MuWiammasat, fol 144^
The MS is defective towards the end
Written in fair Nasta‘liq with occasional headings in red
The copy is not dated, but a seal of the poet’s pupil Shir
Afgan ^an, bearing the date A H. 1151, is found on the fly-leaf
at the beginning. It is therefore probable that the transcription
was made immediately before or after the poet’s death. Several
seals on the same fly-leaf are effaced
No. 414.
foil. 183; lines 13; size 8Jx6; 5|x3j.
(3**y
DiWAN-I-TAWFiQ.
The Diwan of Tawfiq Kadimiri according
to 8ham‘-i-Anjuman, p. 99, died 89 years old, towards the end of
the 12th century A.H. The latest date found in this copy is A.H.
1188 = A.D. 1774 (fol. 64«)
Beginning . —
• j y.
The Diwan consists of Magnawis, fol 1^ ; Qasidahs, fol. 20^ ,
Tarji‘band8, fol. 41«; Tarkib-bands Intermixed with a few Qasi-
dahs, fol. 45^; Qit^ahs and chronograms, fol. 69®; Cazals in
alphabetical order, with some detached verses, fol. 64® ; a Saqi
301
Namah, fol. 168^; MuWiammasat, fol. 169^»; Rubais, fol. 180&;
Mustazad, fol. 183».
Written in Indian Taliq for ghayyi Gulam Muhammad
Qadiri Chi^ti Nizami, better known as Miskin Shah, by his dis-
ciple (name illegible)
Dated 1 5th Shawwal, A.H. 1252
No. 415.
foil. 123; lines 15, size 12x7, 9X4J
JiL
HATIM TA’i.
A poetical version of the most popular fable “ Hatim Ta’i,”
by Shaykh Farhat Ullah, poetically surnamed Farhat bin Shaykh
Asad Ullah 41)1 ^ 4i)) who in the follow-
ing copy of his Urdu Diwan (fol 32^) calls himself a pupil of
Shaykh Crulam ‘Ali Rasikh of Patna
Farhat died at Patna A H. 1191 = A D. 1777. According to
the poet’s statement on fol. 2^, he wrote the poem for a Euro-
pean gentleman called here
The MS is defective at the beginning as well as towards the
end It opens abruptly with the following line —
si j y
Written in fair Nastaliq with headings in red.
Not dal^ed, apparently 18th century
No. 416.
foil 63; lines 14; siz*^ 9Jx6; 7x4
DiWAN-I-FARHAT (URbU).
The Urdu Diwan of the same poet Farhat (noticed above),
consisting of Oazals in alphabetical order, including a few Qit‘ahs
and Rubais.
Beginning : —
* ^ W
The MS is defective towards the end
Written in Shikastah
Not dated, apparently 18th century.
302
No. 417.
foil. 64 ; lines 12 ; size 8|- X 4| , 5| x 3.
DIWAN-I-MAZHAR JANJANAN.
The Diwan of Shams-ud-Din Habib Ullah with the taWiallus
Mazhar, better known as Jan Janan alil v—
JL) t — 5^^ I dj He was born, according to
his own statement, on fol 1^, A.H. 1110 = AD 1698, and died,
according to Rieu i, p. 363«, in A.H. 1196 == A D. 1780.
The Diwan is preceded by a short prose preface containing an
autobiography of the poet. It begins thus —
m ^ cuiyi^ j iXju
The Diwan begins thus —
♦ U Sy
It consists of Gazals in alphabetical order, fol 2^ , single verses
and Ruba^is, fol 48« ; Masnawis, fol. 49« , Mukhammasat, fol 49& ,
Musaddasat and Wa^hkhts, fol 61“. It ends with a Qit^ah, on
fol. 63«>.
Written in Shikastah for one Sita Ram, son of Lala Gauri
Sahai of Lucknow, by Baijnath Sahai, poetically surns,med "Adli
The headings are in red. Additional verses are found on the
margins
Dated 16th Dul«hi]]ah, A H. 1249.
The MS. is slightly worm-eaten
No. 418.
foil 260, lines 15, size 11|X7, 7ix3|.
DIWAN-I-WAQIF.
The Diwan of Maulana Nur-ul-^Ayn with the TaWiallus Waqif ,
son of Maulana Amanat Ullah 4ul v.«>jUI b^yo b^yo
He is generally thought to have been a native of Patiyalah in the
303
Panjab, but see Bankipur Lib. Cat , Vol. Ill, No 424. He died in
A.H. 1200 = A.D. 1786.
Beginning • —
The copy consists of Oazals in alphabetical order, fol. 1^ ;
Qit^ahs and Ruba^is, fol 242^, Tarji^bands, fol. 249^; Muyiam>
masat, fol 259^.
Written in clear Nastaliq within gold and coloured borders
with a profusely illuminated head-piece
Dated 19th Shawwal, A H. 1262.
Scribe : — 1L<.
No. 419.
foil. 313; lines 13, size 8X4J; 6x2|.
THE SAME.
Another copy of Waqif’s Diwan, arranged like the preceding
copy.
Written in small Nasta^liq within coloured-ruled borders with
illuminated head-piece
Dated 6th Rajab, A H 1263.
No. 420.
foil 86 , lines 11 , size 9X5J ; 6|x3|^.
DIWAN-I-JAWHARI.
The lyrical poems of Maulana Ayat Ullah, poetically surnamed
Jauhari jujl of Patna,, mentioned in Sprenger
pp 184, 244 He died in A H. 1200 == A D. 1785.
The Diwan consists chiefly of Oazals arranged alphabetically
Beginning —
Written in Indian Ta^liq on yellow- colon red papers Ad
ditional poems by the poet m praise of the Prophet are occasion
ally found on the margins
Not dated; 19th century.
304
No. 421.
foil. 42; lines 16, size 14|X8|; 9|X6.
ASAF NAMAH.
A short Masnawi poem dealing with the campaign of Nawwab
Asaf-ud-Daulah of Oudh (AH 1188-1212 == A D. 1774-1797)
against Oulam Muhammad Khan, who, after imprisoning and
assassinating Muhammad 'Ali^Khan, forcibly took possession of
the government of Rampur Asaf, espoused the cause of Muham-
mad ^AlVs infant son Ahmad ‘Ali, defeated and took Crulam
Muhammad prisoner, and restored the throne to Ahmad ‘Ali.
The author, whose full name is unknown, adopts the Takhallus
Mauzun
Beginning —
Written in fair Na8ta‘liq within red-ruled borders with the
headings in red and an illuminated head-piece. The MS is full of
clerical mistakes.
Not dated , 19th century
The seals of Sulayman Jah, Amjad ‘Ali and Wajid ‘Ali, late
kings of Oudh, are found at the end of the copy.
No. 422
foil. 96, lines 13, size I2jx7j; 9jx5f.
DIWAN-I-QIYAMAT.
The Diwan of a poet who adopts the Takhallus Qiyamat, with
his original name Oiya^-ud-Din ^ to which he re-
fers on fol 89«, 1 13 From atarildi on fol 22«, in which he gives
the date of birth of his son, AH 1212 = AD 1797, we know
that he was still alive in that year.
Beginning —
fjj ||J(r
The copy begins with a Magnawi dealing with a religious
controversy between the poet and a Brahmin at Ma^ra. Qasidahs,
306
fol. 6«; another Magnawi, fol. 13«; Qit'ahs, intermixed with
satires and chronograms, fol. 16&; Gazals in alphabetical order,
fol 22*, Mu'ammiyat Mustazads, Ruba‘is and MuWiammasat,
fol. 89»
Written in ordinary Nastadiq.
Not dated; 19th century.
No. 423.
foil. 59, lines 13; size 9f X6J , 7^X4.
IQBAL NAMAH.
A poetical account, by an anonymous author, of the events
connected with the accession of Wazir ^Ali Khan (the adopted son
of Nawwclb Asaf-ud-Daulah) to the Masnad of Oudh at Lucknow,
and his dethronement by Sir John Shore, who raised Nawwab
Sa^adat ‘All lOian (A.H. 1212-1229 = A D 1798-1814) to the
Masnad
Beginning —
jIj Jjbl L> JL^I J
The poet speaks of Shah ^Alam (AH 1173-1221 = A.B 1759-
1806) in the present tense, and also praises the Marquis Wellesley
and Sir John Shore.
The title of the poem and the date of its completion, viz 6th
Dul-hijjah, AH 12I5=AI) 1800, are found on fol. 59«
Written in bold Nastadiq with the headings in red.
Dated 3rd Jumada I, A.H 1316.
Scribe — i 3 ^.
No. 424.
foil 299 , lines 13 , size 6 X 4J ; 4^ X
DiWAN-I-BARAKAT.
The Diwan of Barakat, whose original name, according to
his son’s statement in the colophon, was Barakat Ullah Khan
39
6m
i4jjl The poet seems to be identical with Spren-
ger’s (Oude Catalogue, p. 166) Barakat, Barakat Allah Belgramy,
who was in A.H. 1229e=A.I). 1813 at Calcutta in search of em-
ployment. The MS. is also endorsed e;*^*^*
Beginning : —
]j J jlfcXC ^6y4iuSij
The Diwan consists chiefly of ftazals, arranged in alphabetical
order. It ends with some Ruba'is, fol 294&, without any order.
Written in ordinary but distinct Nasta^iq within red-ruled
borders with a faded ‘Unwan and head-piece.
The colophon runs thus : —
iiji Jaiu
• jjS] AX*u
No. 425.
foil. 277; lines 21, size 13^X8; 10^x5^.
KULLTYAT-I-‘AYSHi.
The works of Talib ‘All Khan ‘Ay^i, son of ‘Ali Baldi^
He was a native of Lucknow,
and a pupil of Mirza Muhammad Ahsan Qatil and Mushafi He
died, according to Subh-i-Gul^an, p. 296, in AH. 1240== A. D
1824 The last date found in the work is A H. 1238 = A.D. 1822
See Karim-ud-Din, Garcin de Tassy’s translation, p. 376.
The work opens with a preface which begins thus —
* ^ I vyJtLw
The first Qasidah begins thus on fol 6^ —
liiw. U) V .Ic 6y^^ LlJ^y^yJ ^1
The work consists of Qasidahs, fol 5^ ; Gazals in alphabetical
order, fol. 41^; Qit‘‘ahs, fol. 85»; Chronograms, fol. 93«, Tarkib-
bands, fol 99«, MuWiammasat, fol 102^> ; Ruba‘is, fol 103^,
Magfnawis, fol. 118«.
307
Then follows the prose work entitled j Khizan wa
Bahar on fol. 169^. It ends with a collection of letters.
The Persian work of the poet is followed by his Urdh diwan,
which begins thus on fol. 20 1^ —
JU di yt y
^ ^
The Urdu diwan consists of Qa^idahs, fol. 201^, Grazals m
alphabetical order, fol. 223^ ; Musaddas, fol. 255^ ; Mukhammas,
fol. 257« ; a romantic Magnawi introduced by the heading y
fol 264«; followed by another Mas-
nawi, entitled JCw (fol 272«). At the end of this Masnawi we
find a note in which it is said that the scribe of this copy found
this Magnawi of fifty-three verses, written by the poet himself, in
the shop of a grocer. Marsiyah, fol. 274" , Qit‘ah, fol. 277^.
Written in fair Nastadiq with the headings in red
It would appear from a colophon on fol. 84^ that th§ copy
was transcribed by ‘‘a friend of Muhammad ‘Ali’^ in A.H. 1242
No. 426.
foil. 145; lines 14, size9iX6; 6X2|.
DIWAN-I-ANIS.
The diwan of Mohan La‘l, poetically surnamed Anis, son of
Tula Ram belonged to the Kaya^
family of Lucknow, and was a pupil of Makin He was still alive
in A H 1239 == A.D 1823 , a date expressed by the chronogram on
fol. 144«, of the present copy
Beginning . —
]j Lo (j^***^ y isijliXsK.
]j i. VU
The Diwan consists of 6azals in alphabetical order, fol. 1^ ,
Tarji^bands, fol. 112«; Mukhammasat, fol. 133^, Ruba‘is, fol.
138» chronograms, fol. 143«.
Written in fair Nasta'liq within red-ruled borders Additional
verses are found on the margins.
Dated 7th Muharram, A.H. 1239
308
No. 427.
foil. 166; lines 17, size 8|^X5|; 6X2J.
CL;U;^
JANNAT-UN-NA‘IM
A metric version of the iUJuasxfl ^ which
contains a collection of thoughts and precepts relating to the rules
and duties of the religious life, ascribed to the sixth Imam Ja‘far
bin Muhammad ul-Sadiq, who died A.H. 148 = A D. 765.
Beginning * —
^jLcyi] yi y IJwu)
The opening verses are introduced by the following line * —
I
The author of the poem is not named anywhere, nor is there
any clue to the time in which he lived.
The work is divided into 99 sections called <uJ. A list of the
contents occupies foil. 165^-166^.
Written m a careless Nasta‘liq with the headings in red.
Dated, fol. 166&; Kirman, Wednesday, 4th Shawwal, A.H.
1243.
No. 428.
foil. 51 , lines 1 1 , size 9x6, 5J X 3|.
JiUl
AFSANAH-I-MAHABBAT.
A romantic poem on the love adventures of an Indian youth
and a damsel, by a poet called Shukri who composed it, as
stated by himself on fol. 49^^, in AH 1250 = AD 1834
Beginning —
yb y j) I Jj
The title of the poem the date of composition, and the name
of the poet are found on foil 49*-60«
Written in ordinary Nasta‘liq within gold and coloured-ruled
borders with the headings in red and an illuminated head-piece.
Not dated , 1 9th century.
309
No, 429.
foil. 61; lines 16; size 9X6^; 6X3J.
DiWAN-I-MUDTAR.
The lyrical poems of Miidtar, whose two verses quoted m ‘Ali
Hasan’s Subh-i-Gulshan, p 423, are found here on fol 10^ Accord-
ing to the said author the poet was a Hindu Kaya^i of Lucknow,
and his original name was Lalah Mitthu Lai. Several poets bear-
ing the title Mudtar, almost all of whom lived in the 19th century,
are mentioned by biographers. A reference to the poet Makin (d
A H. 1221 =:^ A D 1806) on fol. 10^ suggests that this Mudtar was
still alive in that year.
Beginning • —
I; i3'^ f.
I;
Written in ordinary Nasta‘liq
Not dated, apparently 19th century
No. 430.
foil. 43, lines 9, size 7x4|-; 4|^X2.
ARZANG-I-MA‘RIFAT.
A mystical poem in imitation of Maulana Jalal-ud-Din Rumi’s
famous Masna wi , and m the same metre and style, by an anony-
mous author, who composed it, as stated in the beginning, at the
desire "of his spiritual guide, Shah Nizam-ud-Din, entitled Niyazi,
of Barelly. It is divided into two dattars or books, the first of
which begins thus —
The second daftar begins thus on fol 23« —
I; (.xLil tJt,
Written in minute Nasta‘liq with the headings in red.
Not dated; 19th century.
The name of the scribe, who calls himself appears on
fol. 1».
310
Anthologies.
No. 431.
foil 272; lines 19; 8ize8|^X4|; 6x3.
hjCyAj jjjSi)! i*»J
TUHFAT-UL-FAQTR WA HADYAT-UL-HAQiR
A very rare and valuable copy of an Arabic and Persian an-
thology, compiled by §haraf-ud-Din ‘Ali Yazdi (d A H. 858 =
A.D. 1454) author of the well-known
history of Timur, entitled Zafar Namah. Sharaf enjoys a vast
reputation as an elegant prose-writer, but at the same time he was
a poet of no mean order He was well versed in the art of com-
posing verses, and his Hulal-i-Mutarraz and Muntal^ab-i-Hulal-i-
Mutarraz, on riddles and enigmas, were held in high estimation
by later poets of distinction, so much so that the celebrated Jami
based on them his own treatise on the same subject, entitled
Mu‘amma-i-Kabir or Hilyat ul Hilal (see Bankipur Lib Cata-
logue, VoL II, p 45)
The present work, which seems to be hitherto unknown, con-
tains a vast collection of the choicest specimens of the different
branches of Arabic and Persian poetry by various authors, arranged
according to the topics of which they treat
Beginning * —
^ I I I I ^ I
Unfortunately there is a lacuna after fol 2, otherwise we
might possibly have got some valuable information about the
work This folio suddenly breaks off m the middle of the praise
of a certain royal personage to whom our author dedicates the
work —
j bo)
)yiy, sS
• •••••••• (Jbw
After which fol. 3« abruptly opens in the middle of the des-
cription of the contents * —
311
jAiS- ^UJ| c^l ^ cjykaxJI « JUjJl
« ^1 c^bLuiCJI ^ AjJI ^Uso lui
The subjects, consisting of sjxty-four Babs, are enumerated
on foil. 3<*-4«.
The first Bab begins thus on foL 4« with an extract from the
Diwan of ‘Ali bin Abu Talib * —
^ I ^ I ^ ^JkJkAAAXl I ^ I y ^ ^ ^ ^
* (V^ ■’
m uJ;J ^ ys^]
The above is followed by a Persian extract from the Diwan o
Kamal Isfahan! —
« Ax^luyil ]j ^->1^ y
The sixty-third Chapter on or miscellaneous (fol. 257^
treats of selected verses, beginning with a particular letter, ar
ranged in alphabetical order, according to the first letter.
Written in ordinary but learned Nasta‘liq within red-rulec
borders with the headings in red
The colophon is dated, Saturday, 19th Dulhqjah, A.H 1019
Scribe —
The first folio is supplied in a later hand Lacunae after foil
2, 4 and 6. Fol 7 should be followed by fol 9
No. 432.
foil 88; lines (centre col.) 16, (margl col) 28,
size 9 X 4|- , 8X4.
Two collections of poetical extracts compiled (1) by Muham
mad Tahir of Nasirabad the author of th
well-known Tadkirah, who was born in A.H. 1027 =A.D 161
and died after A H. 1092 == A.D. 1618 , and (2) by Nasira i-Hama
dani who was still alive in A.H. 1016 = AD
1606.
(1) Begins with a preface by Tahir : —
* ''=^1 y e /-*
The preface is followed by some Qasidahs and Magnawis c
Sa’ib
312
On fol. 9^ is another preface by Tahir, in which he says that
after the completion of the abridgment of Firdausi’s Shah-Namah
he began to make an extract from the poetical works of Sa’ib.
It begins with the following Qasidah of the poet with which most
copies of his Diwan begin —
* L^]yXC ^(j 4JUl fcVo j^\
This section consists of selections from Sa’ib’s Qasidahs,
Masnawis and Oazals
( 2) Nasira-i Hamadani’s selection It consists of extracts from
the works of Ahli Shiraz?, fol 70« , Jami, fol 77«, Mulla Majdub,
fol 84« ; Mulla ‘All Rida Tajalli
The colophon runs thus . —
dS k.1 tiwAJ 1 0 Lxv/ 1 ^ ^ (i3P.X5 ) $iP
ji/ss3 (name effaced) ^ isxj
(year effaced).
Foil 1-64 are written in good Nasta‘liq, foil. 65-86 m fair
Na8ta‘liq, and foil 78-88 m fine minute Nasta‘liq Fol. 84«,
written in a careless hand by one Mirza Muhammad Muhsin, is
dated AH 1108
The date of transcription in the colophon has been effaced by
some mischievous hand In the colophon of the collection No 2
the scribe (name effaced) says that he copied it by order of the
compiler, Nasira-i Hamadani,
No. 433.
foil 278 , lines 19 (in 4 coll ) , size 12 X 7J , 9^X 4J.
JLiJlcJSlk)
NHULASAH-I-LATATF-UL-KHAYAL.
The revised and shorter edition of Muhammad Salih’s
t
famous poetical anthology of Persian poets by Muhammad Nasir,
with the taWi alius Nusrat who, in A H 1157 =
AD 1744, added to the original work a preface and two detailed
indices. According to the chronogram J/ on fol 11^,
Muhammad Salih completed the original work in A H 1104 =
AD. 1692 The selections are arranged in the form of an alpha-
313
betioal Diwan, and to every specimen the name of the author is
added on the right or left side in red ink.
Beginning of the preface, on fol —
Nusrat’s first index, containing a list of the real names of the
poets, quoted in the anthology, begins on fol. 4«; his second ih-
dex, containing a list of their poetical names, on fol 8«.
Another introduction on fol 1 1».
Beginning of the Lata’if-ul-IQiayal, fol 11^ —
JUi' Jjbl ^ IfJS Jy sS JU ^ ji
This copy agrees with the one noticed in Eth6, India Office
Lib. Cat , No 1739 A large fragment of the original work is
noticed in Ethe, Bodl Lib Cat , No 1143
' Written in beautiful Nim Shikastah hand within gold-ruled
borders with a sumptuously illuminated head-piece. The last four
folios are written in a different hand
Two seals of ^alah-ud-Din Khto of Muhammad ghah’s time,
dated A.H 1146, are found on the fly-leaf
No. 434.
foil. 312, lines (in 4 coll ) 20, size llJx7J, 9JX5^
THE SAME
A slightly defective copy of the same work It opens ab-
ruptly in the middle of the preface, thus —
*■ Jy jsLj ^
The arrangement is the same as in the preceding copy.
Written m ordinary Nasta‘liq within red-ruled borders
Not dated, apparently 19th century
No. 435.
foil 318, lines 20; size9jX5, 3x3J.
Another collection of Persian poetry by different poets, an-
cient and modern, beginning and ending with incomplete prose
pieces The earliest poet mentioned is Asadi Tusi (d c 460 = A.D
1068) and the latest, ‘Ali Hazin (d. AH. 1180^ AD. 1766).
Beginning abruptly in the middle of a prose-piece in praise
of Bengal, Jahangir-Nagar (Dacca), etc.— >
♦ sS J^o) ^
40
314
The poems, without any definite order, begin thus on fol. 10« : —
Cy JjA. L> c— Tlsh. jl iSjSa
Written in ordinary Nasta‘liq within coloured-ruled border.
Not dated, apparently 19th century
No. 436.
foil 61; lines 10, size 6JX3J; 4^X2
A short anthology of Persian verses, without any special ar-
rangement. Prominent contributions are by Jami ; IQiusrau Dih-
lawi; Hasan Dihlawi, ‘Tsmat BuWiari , AhliShirazi; Salman of
Sawah ; lOiwaju Kirmani. It begins with a Oazal by Jami, thus • —
Written in good Nasta‘liq within gold-ruled borders
Dated, Agra, Rajab, A H. 976
No. 437
foil. 95, lines 40; size 12fX8J, 9| X
A very badly damaged copy of a Persian anthology The
first thirty folios contain selections arranged according to subjects,
and headed by the name of the author from whom the selection is
made. Fol 16^ begins with verses introduced by the heading
or Miscellaneous The latter portion is without any order,
and 18 in a hopelessly damaged condition.
Beginning * —
Many folios are left blank
Written m careless Nasta‘liq.
Not dated, apparently 18th century
No. 438.
foil. 108; lines 12, size 6|^X4J; 5|-X4.
A work of heterogeneous character consisting of selected
verses from various poets, prescriptions, historical matter, docu-
ments, etc., etc.
315
Beginning : —
♦ JJbJ i
On fol. 38« begins a Masnawi on sexual science : —
* sX}J
The poetical extracts on foil. 65^-101^ are arranged according
to subjects, headed by the name of the authors.
Written in careless Nasta‘liq hand.
Not dated, apparently 19th century
VIIL FABLES, TALES AND
ANECDOTES.
No. 439
foil. 68, lines 15, size 10|X6J, 8X4J.
Sjj
QTSSAH-I-CHAHAR DARWISH.
The Tale of the Four Darwi^es, which has become popular
through the Hindustani translation entitled Bag wa Bahar
Beginning : —
* ’ y
The work is generally ascribed to Amir Khusrau of Delhi
y^] (d. A.H. 725 = A D. 1325), but Sir Wm. Ouseley
in his Catalogue, No. 417, attributes the authorship to one Muham-
mad ‘All Ma‘sum J^acv.^.
The four tales are in the following order —
Story of the first Darwish, fol 1^.
Story of the second Darwi^i, fol. 17^.
Story of the third Darwi^, fol. 32«
Story of the fourth Darwish, fol. 55^.
The colophon says that this copy was transcribed from an old
and rotten MS., the folios of which were worn-out, at the desire
of Maulavi Sayyid Sadr-ud-Din Ahmad, by Talib-ur-Rahman,
316
Man^alkothi, and collated and compared by Hasib-ud-Din and
IQiadim Hnsayn
Written in legible Indian Nasta‘liq.
Dated, Monday, the 6th of Asarh, 1300 Bengali year.
No. 440.
foil. 149; lines 17, size 13JX7J; 9JX4J.
TUTI NAMAH.
A fine and elegant copy of the older and larger version of the
well-known ‘ Tales of a Parrot,’ by Diya’i Nal^shabi
(d A.H 751== AD. 1350), who composed it, AH. 730 = A.D
1330
Beginning * —
It consists of fifty- two stories
This beautiful copy is written in clear Indian Ta‘liq within
gold and coloured-ruled borders and contains a beautifully illumin-
ated head piece There is a large number of coloured illustra-
tions, some of which are interesting.
The illustrations are to be found on foil 6^; 19^ ; 21^^ 27®,
48«, 6l«, 64^; , 59^; 62&; 70^, 73« ; 76«; «0« ; 82& ; 84^,
8S&; 90«, 93&, 100®, 102®; 105&; 108&, 112^; 114&, 117^;
120®, 123® ; 126?>, 128?>, 130&; 133®, 134^, 137®; 139®, 141^
and 145&
Not dated, apparently 18th century.
No. 441.
foil 137; lines 15; size9X5i; 7X4
A fragment of NaWi^abi’s Tfiti Namah, beginning as the
preceding copy. It breaks off on fol 93^ in the middle of the
fourteenth story, corresponding with fol. 56® of the above copy.
Foil 94^>-125^. A fragment of the Ma‘din-ul-Jawahir
; see No. 447 It breaks off on fol. 125^, corresponding
with fol. 94®, line 10, of the aforesaid copy.
Foil. 1260-137^. A repetition of the earlier portion of Na^-
ehabi’s Tfiti NIimah.
317
^ The MS. is written in a careless and ugly Indian Ta‘liq, and
is full of clerical mistakes.
Not dated, apparently 19th century.
No 442.
foil. 92 , lines 13 , size 8 X , 6J X 2|.
BAHARISTAN.
A collection of moral anecdotes in prose and verse in imitation
of Sa‘di’s Gulistan, by the celebrated Jami
(d. A.H. 898 = A D 1492), who composed it, A.H. 892 = A.D.
1487.
Beginning —
The work is divided into eight Rawdahs, the seventh of which
contains an anthology of Persian poets For editions, translations
and other particulars of the work see Ethe, Ind. Office Lib Cat ,
No 1383
Wiitten in very neat Indian Nastadiq within red-ruled
borders
Dated, Rabi‘ I, A H 1270.
Scribe —
No. 443.
foil. 206 ^ lines 1 2 , size 9^ X 5 J , 6x3.
C-ftjlJaJ
LATATP-UT-TAWATF.
A collection of jests, witty sayings, and anecdotes by ‘ Ali bin
Husayn-ul-Wa‘iz-ul-Ka^ifi iarlyl ^ (the son
of the well-known author of the Anwar-i-Suhayli) , better known
as Safi The author completed the work (shortly after A H. 939
= AD 1532), which he had begun but left unfinished, for the
diversion of Sultan Shah Muhammad of Garjistan,
Beginning —
'Sib
The work is divided into fourteen chapters, according to the
persons, or classes of men, to which the anecdotes relate, as
follows : —
1. The Prophet. 2. The Imams 3. Kings. 4. Nobles and
Wazirs 6 Learned men, secretaries, etc. 6. Arabs of the
desert, elegant speakers, etc. 7. ghaykhs, ‘Ulama, Qadis, etc.
S Philosophers and Physicians. 9. Poets. 10. Wags 11.
Misers, gluttons, and parasites. 12. Greedy persons, thieves,
beggars, etc. 13. Children and Slaves. 14. Simpletons, liars
and impostors.
Written in beautiful clear Nasta‘liq on gold-sprinkled papers
within double gold-ruled and decorated borders with a double-page
profusely illuminated ‘Unwan and an illuminated frontispiece at the
beginning. Unfortunately the whole MS. is badly stained with
water, and the contents are hardly legible.
The colophon written on gilded folios says that the MS was
written in ShahjahanabM for Nawwab Nisar Muhammad lUian
Bahadur ghir Jang, by Muhammad Rida Loj
Dated Sunday, the 26th of Raba‘ II., A.H. 1160.
No. 444*
foil. 173, lines 15, size9|X6J, 7|X4
THE SAME.
Another copy of the preceding work, beginning as usual.
This copy 18 written in a careless and ugly Indian Ta‘liq
Not dated, apparently 19th century.
No. 445.
■it
foil 235, lines 17, size 10JX6; 8|X4J.
TYAR-I-DANISH.
A modernized version of Kalilah and Dimnah, in which the
two introductory chapters, omitted by Husayn Wa‘iz Kashifi,
have been restored, on the basis of Nasr-Ullah’s older version, by
the famous Abul Fadl ‘Allami, yj ’ who completed
It m A.H. 996 == A.D. 1588.
Beginning —
319
The work consists of sixteen chapters and a kh^timah. For
full particulars see Ethe, Ind. Office Lib. Cat., No. 767. The first
72 folios are written in bold Indian Nasta‘liq and the remaining
portion in careless Indian Nasta‘liq. The first two folios and the
last six are supplied in a later hand.
The newly added folios at the end are hopelessly rotten, and
at the slightest touch they fall to pieces.
Not dated, apparently 19th century.
No. 446.
foil. 183; lines 16, size 8|X5|; 7X4J.
SINGHASAN BATTISI.
A very bad copy of the Persian translation of the Sinha-
sanadvatnn^ati (or Sinhasandvatrin§atika, that is to say the
thirty-two stones of the throne), also called Vikarmacharitram, or
the stories of Rajah Vikramaditya, and the thirty-two statues
translation was made in the reign of Jahangir, A.H.
1019 = A.D. 1610, by Baharmal (for the different spellings
of his name and other particulars ; see Ethe, Ind. Office Lib Cat ,
No. 1988).
Beginning —
Spaces for headings are left blank in many places.
Written in ugly and careless Nim Shikast by
and
Dated February, 1826.
No. 447.
foil 113 ; lines 19 ; size 9| X 6J ; 7| X
MA‘DIN*UL-JAWAHIR.
A collection of moral tales and anecdotes in the style of
Sa'di’s Gulistan, written for Jahangir, A.H. 1025 = A.D. 1616, by
320
Mulla Tarzi This copy is defective and incomplete,
several folios in the beginning and at the end being wanting. It
opens abruptly . —
• j Jj!/
And breaks off thus : —
... i
The left side at the bottom of the last folio is pasted over
with a thick patch, and the contents of the concluding passage are
thus rendered illegible.
There are two redactions of the work, the fuller and the
shorter For particulars see Ethe, Ind Office Lib. Cat , No. 793.
This copy wants all the headings. Spaces have been left blank
throughout.
Written in ordinary Ta‘liq within red-ruled borders
Not dated, apparently 19th century.
No. 448.
foil. 350 (pp 700), lines 25, size 17xl0|.
BUSTAN-I-KHAYAL.
One of the largest and most popular Persian romances by
Mir Muhammad Taqi-ul-Ja‘fari-ul-Husayni of Ahmadabad, m
Gujarat, with the ta’di alius lOiayal
J(.^ <!L> who died in A.H 1173 = A.D 1759
It consists of a vast collection of historical legends and fairy tales,
relating lengthily the endless and rather monotonous adventures and
Bnterprises of three imaginary heroes, 8hahzadah Mu‘izz-ud-Din
Abu Tamim, Shahzadah Khwurshid Tnj Bakh^ and Shahzadah
Badr Munir, designated respectively as Sahibqiran i-Akbar, Sahib
pran-i-A‘ zam and Sahibqiran-i-A gar, and of a large number of equal-
ly fictitious personages belonging to the species of Jmnsand Paris,
is well as to men. The author wrote it at the desire of his patron
Vawwab Ra^id Khan Bahadur, better known as Mirza Rafi‘
LTllah (to whom the work is dedicated), and his brothers, Nawwab
Vluhammad Ishaq Khan Bahadur and Nawwab Mirza ‘Ali ^an
Bahadur (sons of Ja‘far IQian, Nazim of Bengal). The author
commenced the work A.H. 1155 = A. D 1742 at Shahjahanabad,
321
and completed it, Dulhijjah, AH 1169 = AD 1755, at Murshid^
abad
The entire work, comprising not less than fifteen volumes, is
divided into three great Bahdrs or springs, the first, two of^which
consist together of six volumes, while the third alone comprises
nine The first Bahdr, including the first two volumes, is styled
Mahdi Namah and forms the Muqaddimah or preface to
the whole work. It relates the history of Sultan Abul Qasim
Muhammad Mahdi, and of the other ancestors and predecessors of
Sultan Mu izz-ud-Din
The second Bahdr or the first Guhstdn, comprising the third,
fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh volumes, is styled Muhzz-Namah
or Qa’im Namah or even Sahibqiran Namah
and relates the adventures of the Khalifah Mu‘izz«
ud-Din or al-Qa’im Bi-Amrillah, or the Sahibqirati-i-Akbar. It is
subdivided into a Muqaddimah or first hook ( J^l ) and two
Gul^ans, i e the second and third hoolc .>1^ and while
each of the Gul^ans consists of two Gulzdrs
The third Bahdr or the second Gulistdn, comprising the eighth,
ninth, tenth, eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth
volumes, is styled Khwurihid Namah and relates the
adventures of SJiMizadah Mu‘izz-ud-Din, ShahzMah Khwurshid
Taj Bakhsh, and Shahzadah Badr-i-Munir. It is sub- divided into
seven books the second of which has been supplemented by
an appendix, comprising two Daftars, called Sha{rs ( or Satrs
(i-w), and bearing the special title Sbah Namah-i-Buzurg
A detailed description of this bulky romance is given in Bodl
Lib Cat , No 480 An abridged translation of the work in Urdu,
by ‘Alam ‘Ali, styled Zubdat-ul-J^ayal, was edited at Calcutta,
1834, in one volume
This collection contains the work in fourteen separate vol-
umes, in winch the arrangement slightly differs from that of the
volumes in the Bodleian Library The present copy, endorsed
Jj] cJa or the first volume, is the fiist volume of the first
Bahdr, styled Mahdi Namah, and begins as usual : —
* ^ ^ ^ ^
The colophon * — JjI
41
322
No. 449.
foil 246 (pp. 490) ; lines and size same as above.
This volume, endorsed is the second vol
ume of the Mahdi Namah, and begins thus * —
«
9(j ^yi 3^yX^
The concluding lines of this volume exactly agree with those
of the second volume of the first Bahar (No. 10) of the Bodl copy.
The last words in this volume ^ oJi ^Uj are preceded
by the following statement of the author —
I
^^y^yXJ ^ jXj< ^0 *3c*J j ^ ^ JCxh) ^UuI
m ^Lj ]j
Dated 20th Aghan, 1293 Bengali year.
This volume and the preceding one are written in fair NastaUiq
by Shay to A^^ir-ud-Din Buhari
No. 450.
foil 349 ; lines and size same as above.
This volume, endorsed “ JUi>. {J-^y (*y^ and containing,
according to a statement at the end the two jilds (books) of the
Mu‘izz Namah, is m fact the first Gul^an (in two Gulzars or vol-
umes) of the second Bahar or first Gulistto, corresponding to the
fourth and fifth volumes of the whole work
Besjinning • —
Colophon —
ia^-J y jK/c
« iJtij I r^f sl^ ijLo
Written in ordinary Indian Nasta‘liq.
323
No. 451.
foil. 229 (pp 468) ; lines and size same as above.
This volume, which, according to the colophon, is the third
jild of the Mu‘izz Namah, is endorsed (“As"
Beginning —
Colophon —
I t
^ c^bu 4Xli j*UjL> ^(J jx^ ^yk*M v>JL^ ^ 4JU
Not dated. Written by the scribe of the preceding copy.
No. 452.
foil. 192 (pp 384) , lines and 'Size same as above.
The fourth ')ild of the second Bahar, styled Mu‘izz Namah, or
the end of the jirsi Oulistdn, endorsed
Beginning —
lyl JUi^ fj^y /v^ y
Colophon —
...... i^Cov3
Not dated Written by the scribe of the preceding copy.
No 453.
foil. 297 (pp 594) , lines and size same as above.
The second jild of the third Bahar or second Guhstdn of the
Bustan-i-Khayal, endorsed as JU^ i^^^y hut forming in
fact the ninth volume of the whole work
Beginning —
^yX^JbJ^ S^lxSbUi u.>uf j(xl
* lif/ ) y j <th}h
324
Colophon : —
Ju^ cy^ j^, ^ j ^
fy*" 1*^ A^^i
Written by the scribe of the preceding copy ^
Not dated
No. 454.
foil 260 ; lines and size same as above
This volume, endorsed Jbi^ u;^y but originally
corresponding to the tenth volume of the whole work, is, according
to the colophon, the third pld of the third Bahdr
Beginning —
<uijl ^jiy J iVoLsx^ ^y jjy
* ill fijyJ]
Colophon — ^
(•y^ 0 (•y'**' ^ Lo)
I
(Jly^b Ij j e/^y
Jly^l
^ (,y^.y^^ ) ‘^y A<bu ^yt
f^^cLsxLo ^ixv^l Cj^Lxf ^1 jl
* l>j<a5" y
Written in clear Indian Nasta‘liq
Dated Friday, 2nd Chayt, 1 290 Bengali year, corresponding to
A.H 1300
Scribe- — ^;^y
The colophon is followed by the words —
* A/«(j ^ y^
No. 465.
foil. 198 (pp. 396) , lines and size same as above.
The fourth jild of the third Bahdr, endorsed ij^y jJU.
Ii « I
326
Beginning : —
1^ J ^Xiu pLw^) J j CJL?iX<6.3CL/©
# ^1 j) |Jtc ^tuA»X3k)^ ^
Colophon • —
« 0^^ ^U3G {J^yt j* /v?"
Dated Sunday, the 12th Chayt, 1292 Bengali year, corres-
ponding to A H 1303.
Scribe; —
The colophon is followed by the words <s.>«b ^31?^.
No 456
foil 172 (pp 344) , lines and size same as above.
This volume, endorsed jJa, is designated in the beginning
as the fifth jild of the third Bahdr and opens thus • —
*
It is to be noticed that the beginning of this volume agrees
verbatim with the fo'^th pld of the third Bahdr, corresponding to
the twelfth volume of the whole work, noticed in India Office Lib
No. 844 and Bodl (loc cit ).
Scribe — Abul Hasan.
No. 457.
foil 184 (pp. 308) ; lines and size same as above.
This volume, endorsed v>i^ JUA. is not styled or
designated anywhere in the text It begins with the adventures
of Sahibqiian-i-Akbar and opens thus —
Written by the scribe of the preceding copy
No 458.
foil. 148 , lines and size same as above.
This volume, endorsed j>JA, according to the author’s
statement in the beginning (foL 1«), as well as at the end, is the
326
tirst Shatr of the fourteenth volume of the Bustan-i-IQiayal.
This and the following volumes contain a dedication to Nawwab
Siraj-ud-Dawlah of Bengal
In the beginning of this volume the author gives us the
following particulars —
^ ^b^JLla/« (j ^^Cd(Jb ^ ^ISJbJbo ^
iXly^ ^bj-Arsw-o b ^ b
k>Ai33v<> fJ(jJi/J} jjj} jUc
l^tc jj ^|Ic A/cb tS jy {jy^ (J(j^ jl>
e::^N^ib yly xJjxJJ l,^!^
tiyl*^ j i ^bjb
Ci/^^ (^blxA/« j l^iacj ^ ^,d>A,*u^o ^bi" j ^b-) ^J^bu
Jjj 4— j ba )| j| ^bj iJ43l^^Liiu y.^] ^l^*iXah.bo ^I^A.b Jk3s.^^L« ]j
^ ^b^j i,„.Sx^y L->br dS ^ jM.Mbj
)j j |> bc | (.-kP j ^ ^ Jbj JULj! ^blkj) i^Xa^
Jl^a.1 y ;^AX4My« {^y^ ^ ^bjb ]j ^^b J^sJJijyJ^ Ziiyj^
j y^] fjj\ j^ams vX>b \^,^„^y JtiJl jvV Vall^'v^i
LI>^I ljIaXJI <UjIA. ^dyli j J j ^1 ^^U1 jlL< ^ |Jar| ^lyuoL.!.^
ba^ l»-JLb ^ y] y^ Xjlytlii yS] Jly^l iJo
HJjjl y yyso IJjj^ibLw ^I j ^1 ^1 ^
AJ ) '^y^ l««Cbi ) 4— >)^ »»»»»»,»»•••••••»•»»• ^ I Ij V-i^U^
• *• Jjtu;
^bj
jdly
Again in the conclusion —
^ g^boy5 y j^oJlt kXy*J J^bib
iiyMyC ,,,••••#• l«.XbJI Jy^X^C Lmx]yy
yS Jb^ (^^aaJbsvJbJI ^ft5 syoOAyo
♦ VmI^^nawI iXM*j ^) ,yc] y^ 4«,jbzJ) 9 , ^•'ob /tbj I ]b^ 4M9bf /ibx^wb
327
Written in ordinary but legible Indian Nasta‘liq
Not dated.
Scribe • —
No. 469.
foil. 309 ; lines and size same as above.
The second Sha(r of the fourteenth volume of the Bustan-i-
Khayal, endorsed jJU.
Beginning —
In the conclusion we are told that the author dedicated four
volumes out of the fifteen, to Nawwab Sirai-ud-Daulah of Bengal.
By these four he most probably means the last four.
Written m good Nasta‘liq by Asir-ud-Din, the scribe of some
of the volumes noticed above
Not dated
Four folios written m a different hand, and evidently belong-
ing to some other volume of the work, are found at the end of
this copy
No. 460
foil 198 (pp. 396) , lines and size same as above.
The fifteenth or the last volume of the Bustan-i-Khayal,
endorsed k>JUw. In the beginning of this volume the author
distinctly tells us that this is the fifteenth volume , that he
commenced to write it after completing fourteen volumes, and
that it consists of two sections and the Khatimah
...
The volume ends with an account of some of the exploits of
Nawwab Siraj-ud-Daulah
Beginning • —
* ^ j j^l lb j fjj} ^ fjj^l JJJ
The name of the scribe is not given, but the copy is evidently
due to the penmanship of Asir-ud-Din of Buhar, the scribe of
some of the volumes noticed above.
Dated 6th Muharrarn, A.H 1302.
328
Almost all the volumes contain notes in the handwriting of
the donor, Maulavi Sayyid Sadr-ud-Din Ahmad, to the effect that
all the volumes were revised and collated under his supervision
No. 461.
foil 331 , lines and size same as above
This volume, endorsed or “Selections
from the Bustan-i-IQiayal ” consists of the portions which are
wanting m some of the volumes noti( ed above It begins with an
account of the birth of Sliahzadah Khwurshid Taj Bakh^, pre-
ceded by tlie following note in the handwriting of the donor- —
Beginning —
* ) e/ir^ ^ I
Again fol 125« begins thus —
y
Fol 179« begins thus with the donor’s note
Fol 212« begins thus —
Fol. 264« begins —
b^) AXI^o jl j!h.*M |,Jb jl
* ^ir ^(JuwIcV jb sSji!€x y^s^^b ^Ubs.
The handwriting resembles that of A^ir-ud-Din, to whose
penmanship we owe several of the volumes noticed above The
first 60 folios and foil 179«-188« are written in careless and ugly
Indian Ta‘liq.
329
No. 462.
foil. 216; lines 17, size 8JX6J, e|X3|.
i^AoS
QISSAH-I-AMIR HAMZAH
A defective and incomplete copy of the popular romance of
Amir Hamzah bin ‘Abd-ul-Muttalib, the uncle of the prophet On
the possible authorship of Mulla Jalal Balkhi, ^
comp Rieu, p 761, and Garcin de Tassy, Histoire de la Litt
Hind , 2nd ed , vol i, p. 236 The narrative deals at great length
with the adventures and expeditions of Hamzah, who is here con-
verted into an imaginary hero of romance The narrative extant
in this copy relates chiefly to his adventures at the court of
Nu^irwan
The MS opens abruptly in the middle of the seventh ddsidn
with the following words —
^ Q Ji} ^ ^ ^ ••••••
and breaks off with the earlier portion of the 58th ddstdn —
Written in fait Indian Nastadiq with the headings in red
Not dated, apparently 18th century
No. 463.
foil 238; lines 12, size 8|-X5|, 7xi
QIHSAH-I-AMIR HAMZAH
Another defective and incomplete copy of the romance of
Hamzah, endorsed on fol 1^ ^ Su 2 .s.
This copy does not contain any heading or division The
narrative forms undoubtedly a part of Hamzah’s adventures, dealt
with at considerable length m the popular romance called
Tilism-i-Hu^rulea, lithographed m 8 vols by Nawal Ki^ore.
It begins thus . —
* ^1 Ji^y^ ^
42
330
The copy breaks off * —
... \ ^(ju ^ j }
Written m bold and legible Indian Nasta‘liq within coloured-
ruled borders
Not dated, 19th century
No. 464.
foil 130; lines 13, size8|-X5, 5|x3
C#’. ^
QISSAH-I-BIBt ZAY6UN
The popular romance of Muhammad Hanifah (the third son of
‘All) who died, AH 81 = A B 700 and Zaygun (the daughter of
the Sultan of Rum)
The Bengali metrical version of this story is very popular in
the villages of Bengal
Beginning • —
^1 Ul ^^yuJUil LJ>^ 4X1
<si ^ ^ J
The work is divided into 30 dastans
Spaces for headings are left blank in the earlier part of the
copy
Written in modern legible Nasta‘l]q
The copy is full of clerical errors
Not dated, 19th century
No. 465.
foil 323 , lines 19 , size 10|^X 8 ; 9X 5f .
icb
JANG NAMAH-I-ABU MUSLIM.
The romance of Abu Muslim Marwazi, the famous general,
who played a conspicuous part in the elevation of the ‘Abbasides
to the Khilafat, and who died, according to Habib-us Siyar, vol II ,
Juz 2, p. 48, on Wednesday the 25th of Sha‘ban, AH 137 — AD.
754 The nariative deals at great length with his noble and pious
actions, his adventures and his valiant deeds on various expedi-
331
tions ; and gives an account of the base and hostile action of
Marwto-ul-Himar (died, according to the same authority, A.H.
132 = A D. 749) against the descendants of ‘Ali.
Beginning * —
M Ju
•••••• ^
«f ^yo Jj)
Neither the title of the work nor the name of the author is
given in the text, but in the colophon it is called
4r ||JL^Ww'0 L>i
The work is not divided into any chapters or sections, nor are
there any headings The names of the Prophet, the Imams, the
hero and other sacred persons, are written in red. The style is
plain and simple. The romance is of similar character as the
popular I ^(.1-u.Ij or the Romance of Amir Hamzah.
Written in small ordinary Nastadiq inclined towards Nim
Shikastah hand
The colophon is dated Mur^iidabad, Wednesday, 7th §ha‘ban,
AH. 1220 Written during the time of Mubank-ud-Daulah, the
youngest of the three sons of Mir JaTar ‘Ali Khan, Nawwab of
Bengal.
Some of the folios are loosened and separated from the
original binding.
No. 466.
foil. 482; lines 21 ; size 12x8; 8|-X5|^.
An enlarged version of the same romance in which a great
number of new incidents is introduced In spite of its excessive
length, this copy is by no means complete It is defective in the
beginning as well as towards the end, but it is difficult to say how
many folios are wanting It opens abruptly with the words —
^ ^ •••»**
The concluding words with which the MS breaks off are * —
Spaces for the insertion of proper names to be written in red,
are left blank throughout.
332
Written in a careless bold Nastadiq within gold and coloured-
ruled borders
Foil 394-482 are written in several different hands. Foil.
460-483 are mounted on new margins.
Not dated, apparently 19th century.
IX. MISCELLANIES*
No. 467.
foil 279; lines 19, size 12|-X8, 9X4J.
NASIM-UR-RABI*
A rare Persian translation of Abul Qasim Mahmud bin
‘Umar-uz-Zamaldi^ari’s (d A H 538== AD 1143) Arabic work
Rabi‘-ul-Abrar, consisting of a vast collection of sayings, moral
maxims and anecdotes illustrating chiefly various moral or intel-
lectual qualities and the opposite vices
Beginning . —
jLyl ^ fiS (Sic)
« jtoi y
In the preface the translator, who does not reveal his name,
after eulogising the reigning king Shah Shuja‘, most probably the
second king of the Muzaffaride dynasty, who reigned from A H
759-786 = AD 1357 1384, dedicates the work to Amir Salgar
Shah, the Wazir of the said king
According to Rieu’s Supplt to the Arabic Cat Brit Mus.
No 1134, the Arabic original is divided into ninety-eight chap-
ters, but the present translation consists of eighty-two chapters
only A full list of the contents is given at the end of the pre-
face, foil 3«-6«.
Written in ordinary Indian Tadiq by Talib-ur-Rahman of
Mangalkothi
Dated Monday, the Ist of Baisakh, 1298 Bengali year.
The colophon is follow-ed by a note saying that the copy was
revised and corrected by Maulavi Hasib-ud-Din Ahmad and
Maulavi Kliadim Husayn
333
No. 468.
foil. 525; lines 16; size 1UX8; 8|X5|.
SHAHID-I-SADIQ
A vast collection of religious, philosophical, political, ethical
-ind cosmographical writings and containing also a large collection
3f moral sayings, historical anecdotes, and miscellaneous notices,
by Muhammad Sadiq bin Muhammad Salih Isfahan! Azadani
JL^ ^ who was born in Surat,
\H 1018 = AD 1609 He commenced the work in A H 1054
= AD 1644 and completed it in A H 1056 = A D 1646
Beginning —
klUwJ) j j ^ I j I S,X^ j ^ 4JLJ iX6.asViil
The work is divided into five Babs sub-divided into numerous
Fasis, and a IQiatimah A full table of the contents is given at
bhe end of the preface, foil 2^^-6^
Wiitten in oidinary Indian Nasta‘liq
Not dated, apparently 18th century
No. 469.
foil 106 , lines 16 , size 8JX5J , 6JX 3|^
A curious kind of tract, consisting of a mixture of heterogen-
eous matter. Neither the name of the author nor the title of the
work IS given m the text, but on fol 85^ the author narrates an
anecdote by which he gives us to understand that one of his friends,
named HibatUllah, was still alive in A H 1047 — A.D 1637, in the
reign of i%ah Jahan “ the deceased ” We can therefore conclude
that the author wrote this work shortly after Shah Jahan’s death,
which took place in A.H. 1076 == A D 1665
Beginning —
kijs Lie j)
The tract begins with a general cosmography, treating of
well-known places of the earth, arranged in alphabetical order,
mosques, forts, etc.
334
After that comes a short account of the fol. 35^; then
biographical notices of the saints, ‘ulama and the poets, fol. 37^.
After that comes a medical sketch, fol SI®, treating of the follow-
ing subjects : — creation of men, the soul, physiognomy, the five
senses ; sexual intercourse ; water , wine. Then follows the
miracles of the prophets and the saints , fol 68^ , divination, fol
69^; poetry, fol. 70«, caligraphy, fol 72^, silence, fol 77^;
morality, fol. 78«, friendship, fol. 81^, love, fol. 84«; women,
fol 86®, humorous sayings, fol 87^, the philosophy of men, fol.
88^ , account of Yajuj and Majuj fGog and Magog), fol 90« ;
plague, fol. 90^, the dead, fol 91^, Jinns and Satans, fol 92^;
interpretation of dreams, fol 94®.
Written diagonally m fair Indian Na8ta‘liq.
Not dated, apparently 18th century.
No. 470.
foil 383; lines 15, 8ize9x5|; 6J-x4.
A vast collection of historical legends, moral maxims, anec-
dotes and curious narratives of celebrated men from the earliest
times to th«^ beginning of the thirteenth century of the hijrah, by
an anonymous author
It consists of mere selections from various other works, and
begins thus without any preface —
* ^1 oljJ ^ V
It begins with fables and historical anecdotes, chiefly relating
to curiosities and rare occurrences, followed by a historical sketch,
consisting of selections from other histones
Then follows — An account of the rise of the Wahabis, fol
310«, Avonders and curiosities, introduced by the heading
V ^ fol. 312®, a collection of 7G anecdotes, fol
320^ ; an account* of the ancient philosophers taken from the
Khulasat-ul-Aklibcir of Amir lOiawand kShah, fol 339«, some
selections from the histones of f^xh Jahan’s reign, fol 346^, a
short account of the Ta] of Agrah, fol 368«, a scientific sketch
treating of the atmosphere, ram, cloud, rainbow, thunder, etc ,
fol 373^
The occurrence of the name of Akbar II (1221-1253= A.D.
1808-1837), on fol 124^, who is spoken of as the reigning sover-
eign, suggests that the work was compiled during his reign.
Written m ordinary Indian Ta‘liq
Not dated, apparently 19th century.
Some folios are wanting at the end of the copy.
335
No. 471.
foil 401 ; lines 9-14 , size X 6| , X 4^
A slightly defective copy of a work on various topics^ being a
course of lectures delivered by l^wajah Shah Hasan Ajmiri,
collected by one of his disciples Muhammad Mahdi, both of whom
were still alive in the beginning of the 13th century The subjects
treated are music, prosody, medicine (consisting of a collection of
prescriptions tor the cure of the various diseases of the body),
archery, the distinction between good and bad swords, prayers, in-
vocations, amulets, conjurations, magic, charms and cures; the
virtues and the mysterious effects of the Rubais of the celebrated
saint Abu Said Abul IQiayr, who died m A H 440 = A D 1048
(the Rubais are arranged in alphabetical order), etc , etc
It opens abruptly thus in the middle of the section treating of
the lives of the persons who were experts in the art of music —
* (jJLc aI
The concluding words aie —
The title of the work can not be ascertained on account of a
lacuna at the beginning, but on the margin of fol 1« it is endorsed
as cjUdj-aJL-o
“ Written in ordinary, but legible, Indian Taliq within coloured
ruled borders
Not dated, 19th century
X. MSS. OF MIXED CONTENTS.
No. 472.
foil. 127 , lines (centre column) 25, (margl col ) 44;
size 15x 7i ; 13 X 5
Selections from the diwans of Rukn-i-Sa’m, Adib-i-Sabir,
Imami Harawi, Majd-i-Hamgar and Badi-ud-Din Sha^i, bound
together in one volume, as follows —
I. Foil 1-30. Diwan-i-Rukn-i-Sa’m
A rare diwan of Maulana Rukn-ud-Din Sain of Herat
e/; who flourished in the reign of Sultan
336
Abu Sa‘id Bahadur Khan (A H 716 736 = A D 1316-1335) after
whose death he entered the services of Sultan Tuga Timur Khan
(AH 737-753 = AD 1336-1352) He also addressed laudatory
poems to Sultan Mubariz-ud-Din Mu'.affari (A.H. 713-76) — AD.
1313-1358), Shah Shu]a‘ and several others, and died in A H 764
— AD 1326 See Bankipur Lib Catalogue, vol i, p 227, where
a copy of the diwan is noticed.
Beginning —
Contents • —
Qasidahs, fol 1^ , Muqatta‘at, and Cazals intermixed, fol. 23«.
It ends with four Ruba is, the first of which, fol 29^ (margin),
runs thus —
The fly-leaf at the beginning contains a biographical notice of
the poet, copied ft om some Tadkirah by Aluhammad Bakh^ Kjian,
the father of the donor of the Bankipur Oriental Libiary
II. Foil 31^-62«^ . — sJjf Diwan-i-Adib-Sabir
The lyrical poems of Khwajah Shihab-ud-Din, poetically sur-
named Sabir, of Bukhara He was
sent as a spy by Sultan Sanjar (AH 51 1-552 = AD 1117-1157)
to the court of Atsiz (d A H 551 = A.D 1156), by whose order
the poet was thrown, bound hand and foot, into the waters of
Jihun (Oxus) and drowned in A H 518 (A.D. 1143), 540 (AD.
1145), 546 (AD 1151) or 547 (A D 1152)
Beginning on the margin —
The diwan consists of panegyric Qasidahs, and poems, and
ends with a few detached verses. It is preceded by a biographical
notice of the poet m which the date of the poet’s death is given
as A H 547 = AD 1152
III. Foil 63^-83^ Diwan-i-Tmami The
diwan of Abu ‘Abd Ullah Muhammad bin Abu Bakr ‘Usman, with
the poetical nom de plume Iraami, of Herat ^ 4JjI
yj y]^ who died, according to Taqi Kashi
(Sprenger, p 17), in A H 686 = A D. 1277, or, according to
Ma]ma‘ ul-Fusaha, i, p. 98, in A H 676 = A D. 1277 He was a
contemporary of the celebrated Sa‘di, and the noble Qadi family of
337
Herat is said to be descended from him. See Bankipur Lib Cat.,
vol. i, No. 88
Beginning with a short biographical notice of the poet . —
j j) ^ ^LorJI
The first folio of the diwan is followed by a lacuna and the
first line on the next folio runs thus —
^ j — ;*>
(Sic) ^}j3] laii j
Contents —
Qasidahs, fol 64« ; Muqatta'at, fol 72<* ; Gazals, fol 76^;
Ruba‘is. fol 79^ The Buba is are followed by some Qit‘ahs,
Oazals and Qasidahs all intermixed
IV Foil 84^-107®. Diwan-i-Majd-i-Hamgar
The diwan of Khwajah Majd-ud-Din Hibat Ullah, better known as
Majd-i-Hamgar^J!^ ^ He
was a contemporary and a fellow-citizen of the celebrated Sa‘di of
Shiraz^ and was in high favour with Sa‘d bin Abu Bakr bin Zingi,
after whose death he became a warm friend of IQiwajah Haha-ud-
Din, son of the great Sahib-i-Diwan l^wajah 8hams-ud-Din
Muhammad of Isfahan He died in A H 686 = A D 1287 See
Bankipur Lib Cat., vol i, No 90
Beginning —
The diwan begins with Qasidahs which are followed by
Muqatta‘at, Tarkib bands, and Gazals intermixed, and ends with
some Buba is, the first of irhich runs thus on fol 106^ * —
» I; Jj 1*^
A biographical notice of the poet, copied from some Tadkirah
by Muhammad Bakh^ fOian, and dated 1 5th Shawwal, A.H 1277,
is found on fol 84«
V. Foil. 108^-127^. Diwan-i-Badr-i-Chach.
The lyrical poems of Maulana Badr-ud-Din Muhammad
vXo. 2 ;v« jSj of Chach or Sha^, the modern Tashkand,
also called Banakit, who came to India during -the time of Sultan
Muhammad bin Tuglaq (A.H 726-752 == A.D. 1326-1351), to whom
43
338
he was a panegyrist. He adopted the poetical title of Badr and
also Qhachi or Shashi, and died A H. 754 = A D. 1353.
This copy of the diwan consisting of Qasidahs, Qit‘ahs Tarkib-
bands, chronograms, (5azals and Ruba‘is, without any order, begins
thus • —
b (1/^ J Ct/^^ ^b
The whole diwan has been lithographed with glosses and
vocabulary, Lucknow, AH 1261 The Qasidahs have also been
lithographed in Cawnpur, A H. 1261, and with a commentary in
Rampur, A H 1289
Written in fair Nasta'liq within coloured-ruled borders.
Dated Friday, 3 JumMa II, A H. 1023.
No. 473.
foil 54; lines 15, size 8|X4j; 6JX3j.
DIWAN-I-HAYDAR KALUJ.
I. Foil. Selections from the diwan of Haydar
a native of Herat, who in his early days took to the
piofession of baker, in consequence of which he became known as
Haydar Kaluj Although illiterate, he excelled many poets of his
age, and it is said that, whenever any verse occurred to him, he
asked the passers-by to note it down. He died in A.H. 959 == A D.
1551
The present diwan consists chiefly of Gazals arranged in
alphabetical order.
Beginning : —
bo ^
. t t ) SiJyS"
Written in ordinary Nagtafliq.
The colophon runs thus . —
# y ^Ai U aLw y
Apparently 19th century.
339
11. Foil. 41^-47 . Ash‘ar-i-Nawidi. A very
small, but very rare, collection of some of the lyrical poems of
Nswidi of Ni^apur, who came to India and attached himself to
the services of the emperor Humayun He died, according to
Bada’uni, iii, p. 377, in A H 973= A D. 1565
Beginning with a preface by the poet —
* Xjjj
The preface is followed by two short Masnawis m praise of
Humayun, the first of which begins thus on fol 43^ : —
Then follows a series of Gazals m which we find the peculiarity
that in each of the Oazals the use of a certain letter of the alpha-
bets IS strictly avoided , that is to say, all the verses of a Gazal
consist of such words as do not contain a particular letter For
instance, the first Gazal in which the use of the letter i— jl.') is
avoided, begins thus on fol. 44« —
In the preface, fol. 43«, the poet says that the series consists
of 29 Gazals, which he composed for the emperor Humayun
III. Foil 48^-54^ Diwan-i-Wahdiati Avery
short collection of Gazals by a poet who adopts the taWiallus
Wah^iati arranged in alphabetical order.
Beginning * —
Jy—yO yi
Written in ordinary Nasta'liq on thin papers of bad quality.
Not dated, apparently 19th century
No. 474.
foil. Ill ; lines (centre col. 21); (margl. col.) 28;
size 9 J X 41 ; 8 X 3i
I Centre col ^^b<j Selections from the diwan of
Figani (see No 352 in this catalogue), arranged alphabetically and
beginning as usual . —
340
IT. Margl col. Diwan-i-Wahshi A collection
of the lyrical poems of Maulana Kamal-uJl-Dm Wah^i JUI
He was born in Bafiq, m Kirman, but as he came to
Yazd in boyhood, and spent there almost his whole life, he is known
as Wah^i Yazdi He imitated the style of Figani, and died in
AH 991 = A.D. 1683
Beginning —
6azals m alphabetical order, fol. 1^ ; Muqatta‘at, fol 79^ ;
Ruba‘is, fol. 80^, Qasidahs, fol. 81^; Tarkib bands, fol. 92& a
Ma^nawi, entitled oliw Khuld-i-Barin, fol 96^
Written m ordinary Nasfcadiq within red-ruled borders
Not dated, apparently 18th century.
A seal of one Muzaffar Husayn, dated AH 1277, is found on
foil 1*> and 111^.
No. 475.
foil 222, lines 11, size 6x4; 4x2
1 Foil 1^-156« The four well-known prose treatises of
Maulana Nur-ud-Din Muhammad Zuhuri of Tur^iz in Khurasan
)y who came to India in AH.
9S8 == A D 1580, enjoyed the warm favour of Ibrahim ‘Adil Shah
II of Bijapur, and died in A H 1025 = A D 1616 The four
treatises are I or Preface to the Nauras, a treatise on
Indian music, composed by Ibrahim 'Add Shah II himself , but
according to some the Kitab-i-Nauras was jointly composed by
Zuhuri and Malik Qummi It begins thus on fol. 1^ —
#r 0^1 ^iXSX.Lo
The colophon (fol. 24«) is dated Thursday, 26 Jumada II,
AH 1237.
II. or Preface to the Gulzar-i-Ibrahim,
beginning on fol. 25^ : —
The colophon (fol. 49») is dated Sunday, the beginning of
April, 1822.
341
III. or the preface to the Khwan-i-Oalil,
beginning on fol. 51^ • —
IV Ci^ Mina Bazar, a description of the Bazar so called,
built by Ibrahim ^Adil Shah, beginning on fol. 100^ —
* db zciy>
It has been lithographed with a commentary in Delhi, A H.
1265, and in Lucknow, A H 1282
Dated 23rd Rajab, A H 1237, corresponding with 17th April,
1822.
The above prefaces of Zuhuri are all in homage of Ibrahim
‘Adil Shah II, and describe his noble character and the splendours
of his court. The first three have been printed under the title
^ in Lucknow, 1846, Cawnpore, A H 1269, and A D
1873, English translation, Calcutta, 1887.
The colophon (fol 99^) is dated 26th March, 1822
II Foil. 158^ 222^ Extracts from the Jang Namah or
Bazm Namah, an account of the war of A‘zam Shah and BahMur
Shah, by Ni‘mat Khan ‘Ali originally called Mirza
Nur-ud-Din Muhammad, the well-known author of the Waqai*
Ni‘mat Khto Ali, who died in AH. 112l = AD 1709
Beginning as in Rieu, p 1019 —
« yv
The account of the war begins on fol 164o
An English abstract is noticed in Rieu, Add 30779.
The colophon is dated 21st May, 1822
Written m bold Indian Ta‘liq
Some English meanings of difficult words written in pencil
are found in the margins here and there
No. 476
foil 210, lines 13-15, size9X5|-, 6^X3.
I. Foil. 1&-21&. Inffiad-ut-Talibin*
An ethico-mystical treatise on the religious and moral doc
trines of Islam from a Sufic standpoint, by Jalal-ud-Din bir
Mahmud Thanisari ^
342
Beginning : —
^IkJI ^1 ^jJI Ai ^1
« ^il ijLoj
The treatise contains 37 chapters, the first thirty-one of which
occupy foil 1^-21^, and the last five, foil 23«-30^.
The colophon (fol 30^) is dated Sunday, 9th Juraada I The
year given here as 251 1 is evidently a mistake for 1 152 The scribe
of the copy did not know that Persian numerical figures, unlike
Persian writing, run from right to left
Scribe • —
II. Foil 22«, 137«-139&, 138^ A short tract on the mystical
meaning of “ love ’’ by ‘Aziz Muhammad un-Nasafi ^
Beginning * —
y yi \j33 ^ J>t
III Foil 31«-44«. A defective treatise on the doctrine of
Sufism and its subtilties. It is defective in the beginning, and
opens abruptly thus : —
Li?Lul J|^l U>l ^ ib
* ^1
In a subscription at the end, due to a later hand, it is said
that this treatise, entitled Ui “ Giti Numa,” was finished on
17th Jumada I, A H. 1133,
It is divided into five Babs, as follows —
Fol 31« .. .. J^I u->(j
Fol. 33 .. “ ‘ ^
Fol 37^.. .
Fol. 39^. . . . . Olsx^I <—
Fol 40^. . . . . . . j ^JtXyo ji}
IV. Foil 46^-105«. Lubab-ul-Ayibar. A collec-
tion of 400 traditions of the Prophet on all points of theology and
343
law, translated, according to Ind. Office Lib No. 2639, from
Ahmad bin ‘Abd Ullah’s original collection in Arabic, by Muham-
mad Mahmud The present work contains the text
with a Persian paraphrase.
Beginning —
The work is divided into 40 Babs, each of which contains 10
traditions
An index of the 40 Babs is given on foil 46«-47«
It was printed in Bombay, A H 1280
The colophon (fol 105«) says that this copy was transcribed
for Muhammad Ibrahim by on
25th Safar, A.H 1134
V. Foil 106^-1 IP^ and 145«-164« A treatise on the articles
of Muhammadan faith and legal prayers, in the form of questions
and answers intended for beginners
Beginning —
The title of the book and the name of the author are not given
in the text In the colophon (fol 164^) it is called
'ijLaJ] said here that the copy was tran-
scribed for Muhammad Ibrahim by on 7th Dul-
hijjah, A H 1132
VI Foil 113^-136^. A Sufi treatise in which the nature and
rules of the spiritual life are explained, and illustrated by anec-
dotes and sayings of holy-men
Beginning —
The name of the author and the title of the work are not
given, but a reference to Jami (fol. 114a), who is spoken of in the
past tense, suggests that it was written after his death (A H 898
= AD. 1492). The colophon (fol 136^) is dated Sunday,
22nd Rabi‘ (^) The year, as m the first treatise, is 2511, which
is a mistake for 1152 (A H ).
VII. Foil. 1400.-144^. Margub-ul-Qul^b. A
Ma^nawi on the elements of asceticism and mysticism, com-
monly ascribed to Shams i-Tabrizi (d. A.H. 646 =
344
A..D, 1247), the spiritual guide of Maulana Jalal-ud-Din Rumi,
composed, according to some copies, A.H 757 = AD 1356, i e.
112 years after Shams-i Tabrizi’s death — a fact which renders the
statement absurd This copy does not give any date of composition.
For further detail see Ind Office Lib. No 1840, etc.
It begins with a short preamble m prose, thus —
* jij ^ ^ ...*»• ^
The poem itself begins thus —
It is divided into 10 Fasls
VIII Foil 165«-171^. A theological tract on some of the
religious duties of Islam in form of Mas’alahs, by Qutb ud-Din
Wuhammad bin Oiyas-ud-Din oLr ^ ^ -hi It
leems to be identical with No 2627 in Ethe, Ind Office Lib. Cat
Beginning —
(
lI j djLsu^u (SX>|jj jUJ 1^-o.sv.il
♦ L— t. , aJs^ ^
IX. Foil 172«-198a A mystical treatise on the doctrines of
the Muhammadan faith from a Sufic standpoint The beginning
18 defective, and the treatise opens thus abruptly —
* ^ ^
The work is illustrated by sayings of eminent ghayWis, mys-
tics and holy men.
The colophon (fol 198«) is dated Sunday, 11th Jumada II,
A.H 1134
X. Foil. 198^-210^ Rumuzat. A treatise dealing
with some questions on religious, philosophical and ethical topics
of mystical tendency, by an anonymous author . —
Beginning : — ,
* ^JI J ^ JUJ
The colophon is dated 20th Jumadi II, A.H. 1134.
The folios of this MS. are m great confusion. The right order
seems to be foil. 1-21, 23-30, 22, 137-139, 31-111, 145-164, 113-
136, 140-144, 165-210
345
Written m ordinary Indian Ta‘liq. Slightly damaged by
worm holes.
No. 477.
foil. 145; lines 15, size 8Jx5; 6X3.
I jO Durr-ul-Mawa‘iz, foil 1^-8®.
A short Magnawi on moral precepts, by Sayyid Husayn
whose name appears on fol 7^, line 15. According to
the concluding verses, it was completed in A.H. 1203 — AD. 1788,
Beginning —
II lOiarabat, foil 8^-30®
Another Magnawi, most probably by the preceding author,
containing similar matter illustrated by anecdotes, etc The title
of the poem, which expresses the date of its completion, AH 1204
== A D 1789, is given m the concluding line, on tol 30^
Beginning : —
* Lr
III Masnawis foil 30^-37^ A collection of short
Masnawis of different metres and on different subjects, without the
author’s name The first begins thus —
^
The author of this Masnawi flourished under Shah ‘Abbas (II),
who is eulogised on fol 32»
IV. A diwan by a poet who intentionally conceals his name,
foil 38a- 145^. Jn a Qit‘ah on foil 66a-66^, the poet says that
although his friends insisted that he should reveal his name in the
diwan, he did not like to acquire fame by composing poems. It is
however evident that he flourished during the time of Kalb ‘Ali
lyian (A.H. 1287 — AD. 1870), whom he mentions on fol 66a.
The chronograms on foil 67^-68® range from A.H. 1201 to 1284
Beginning —
SS yMjJ •<^OJU
The diwan consists of Qasidahs , Qit‘ahs, fol. 65® ; chrono-
grams, fol. 67" ; Ruba‘is, fol. 68^ , dazals in alphabetical order,
fol 76a.
44
346
The first Crazal begins thus : —
b j jl ^
Written in ordinary Nasta^liq
Not dated , 19th century
No. 478.
foil 137; lines 14, size 7iX4|-; GJxSJ.
I ^tx^I Riyad-us-Sana’i‘. A versified treatise on
metrical science and the art of rhyming, by Alfi bin Husayni
Sawaji c:/ dedicated to ‘Abd Ullah Qutub
Shah of Golconda (A H. 1020-1083 = A D 1611-1672), after whose
name the author entitled it
Beginning with a prose preface —
Each metre is illustrated by a distich containing its name, and
followed by its scansion
Dated Tuesday, 25th Dulhijjah, A H 1222
II Fol 68« Another versified treatise on the same subject
without any title In the colophon, fol 64^, the composition is
ascribed to the celebrated Dulam Ali Azad of Bilgram (d A H.
1200 == A D 1785) jiy ^
Beginning —
The colophon says that the transcription was completed on
Monday, 14th Rabi‘ I, A H 1221 at Basrah, in the monastery of
‘Abbas son of ‘Ali the fourth l^alifah, in a hasty manner within
four hours
Foil 65«-68* blank
III. Fol 69^ A collection of RubaTs, Gazals, Masnawis,
single verses, etc from various poets
Beginning with Ruba^is . —
(j^ (3^ y f ^
After 27 Ruba‘is begin the quatrains of the famous Abu Sa‘id
Abul Khayr^iJly.l yl (d A.H. 440 = A.D 1048) fol. 71 ^.
347
The total number of Ruba‘is is 165, and a great many of them,
belonging to different poets, are, as usual, ascribed to Abul JOiayr.
The first Ruba‘i under the heading y)
iy* —
• “y )}/ y nr*
This section is not dated
Written in ordinary Ta‘liq.
The MS. 18 injured in many places
No. 479.
foil 101; lines 19, size 11|X7, 8jX4f
I. Foil. l^>-24^. Qiyamat Namah
An account of the events which are to take place at the ap-
proach of the Day of Resurrection, and of the world to come, by
Maulavi Rafi‘-ud-Din ^ popular Indian scholar of
the 19th century
Beginning —
II Foil. 24^-26*. Commentary on the initial verse of the
Quran iJJ, viz. 4 SI
1^1 ,_JLJI HI Xy H j fj ^1 ill 41)1 HI All H, M A^svil , ,
by an anonymous author
Beginning * —
# tifbl >yX^ yn
III Foil 27"-54^ j Siraj-ul-Abrar wa
Minhaj-ul-Anwar A theological treatise on religious obligations,
consisting of selections from the work entitled ^ 6urar w^
Durar, which is a Persian translation of Abul Lays Samarqandi’s
(d. AH 375 = A D. 985) Tanbih-ul Gafilin, by ‘Ali bin Muhammad
bin ^Ali Isfahan! ^
Beginning : —
^1 V; ^
• ^ lac^ y
348
The work is divided into 20 short chapters enumerated at the
beginning.
IV. Foil 56«-75^ Durur-ul-Mukallif Another
treatise on Muhammadan theology and law, by Muhammad Amjad
bin Muhammad Ar^ad ^ with copious notes
on the margins.
Beginning: —
j ^ UajoI Le 4JL)I iJS^acO
V Foil 76«-80^^ Tahdib-ul-Mayyat. Another
theological treatise dealing especially with legal precepts for funeral
rites and ceremonies according to the Hanafite School, by
‘Abd-u^-Shukur Ansjxri
Beginning —
VT Foil. 810-98^. <4^1^ ^6.^3 Tarjumah-i Sirajiyah
A Persian translation of Sira] ud-Din Muhammad bin Muham-
mad bin ‘Abd ur-Ra^id Sajawandi’s (who flourished about A H.
600== AD 1203) well-known treatise on the Muhammadan Law
of Inheritance, commonly called by the same Muhammad
Amjad bin Muhammad Ar^ad who has been mentioned above
(Art. IV) as the author of a theological treatise entitled u-akJl
Beginning —
ir J Jwd-Sk. J ^
VII Fol 99 contains a list of names of the saints taken from
the Tadkirat-ul-Auliya of Farid-ud-Din ‘Attar
VIII. Foil 100«-101«. A Sufic genealogy by one Sayyid
Ahmad who calls himself a disciple of Shaykh ‘Abd-ul-
‘Aziz (d AH. 1239 = AD. 1823) bin ghah Wall Ullah (d A H
1176 = AD 1762) The genealogy begins with the name of the
author and ends with that of the Prophet.
Written in ordinary Indian Tafliq.
Not dated ; 19th century
349
No. 480.
foil. 88 ; lines 17 ; size 8JX 5| ; 0|^X 3|-
I. Foil 1^-56^. Tuhfat-ul-
Wada*i‘ fi Hall-i-Daqa’iq-ul-Waqa’i‘ Explanation of the Quranic
verses used in Ni^mat IQian ‘All’s well-known work “ Waqa’i‘-i-
HaidarabM,” better known as “ Waqa’i‘-i-Ni‘mat Khan ‘Ali ”
Beginning —
We learn from the preface that the author, who calls himself
Kamal-ud-Dm Ahmad Siddiqi, was born in
Ata^parah, Parganah Naldi, District Raj^ahi, and that he wrote
this work AH 1204 = AD 1789 during his student life in the
Calcutta Madrasah. He adds that as from the time of composition
of the Waqa’i‘-i-Ni‘mat Khan ‘Ali (A H 1097 = A D 1685) down
to A H 1204 nobody had attempted to elucidate the meanings of
the Quranic verses used in the Waqa’i‘, and as it was difficult for
readers to have a just idea of the said work without possessing a
clear knowledge of the Quranic verses in it, he (the authoi)
thought it desirable to write the present work His literary
cocupations did not however permit him to proceed with the work
until the outbreak of the Hindu disturbance in the beginning of
A H 1204, which seriously affected the working of the Madrasah
for three successive years The author thus obtained leisure,
which enabled him to write this woik He further adds that the
meanings and explanations given by him are generally based on
the Tafsir-i-Husayni (a well-known commentary upon the Quran by
Husayn Wa‘iz Kashifi, composed, AH 899 = A D 1493), and
that for the facility of readers he has mentioned the names of the
Siparah, the Surah and the Ruku‘ at the beginning of each verse
explained by him, and has also arranged the verses in the order in
which they stand in the Waqa’i‘.
Fol 57 blank.
II. Foil 58«-88^. ^ The popular Pand Namah of Farid-
ud-Din ‘Attar (d. A H 627 = A D 1229), beginning as usual.
The Tuhfat-ul-Wada’i‘ is written in a neat Nasta^liq without
the scribe’s name, and the Pand Namah in an ugly and careless
Indian Ta‘liq by one Quito Najaf
Not dated ; 19th century
Some worm holes towards the end.
350
No. 481.
foil 84 ; lines 23 , size 8| X ; 6x3
I. Foil. 1^-33^ A treatise on the theoretical and practical
doctrines of Sufism, interspersed with verses and quotations from
the Qur’an and the sayings of holy men.
Beginning —
« ^ dS 6y^ ^ j
The title of the work and the name of the author could not be
trace*d A note on the last folio of the MS reads “this volume
consists of SIX treatises, viz. (1) Ajjy: (2) LuUlf
(3) (4) (5) L^yidJJ L^yCy<, (6) byti) ” , but
we got here only three treatises , viz the last two mentioned, pre
ceded by the present It is therefore probable that the title
18 intended for the present treatise
It breaks off abruptly thus —
> * J>
II. Foil 34^-58® Dur Namah-i-A^raf
Khani. A commentary upon the mystical treatise uj>y.aJ)
noticed under No 476
Beginning * —
# Vi * v«i ^ ^ ^ ^
The text consists of eleven Fasls in this copy A quotation
from Jami at the end suggests that the commentary was written
after his death (A H 898 = A D 1492)^
III. Foil 69«-84«. (^1 Anis-ul*6uraba. A Sufi tract
interspersed with quotations from the Quran, Hadi^, etc , identi-
cal with the copy noticed m Dr Ethe, India Office Lib No 1880,
in the colophon of which the author is called ‘Abd-us-Samad
jjx, who, according to the learned doctor, is probably identi-
cal with the author of the (jJuoUI ;UjkI, and the editor of the
The subscription in this copy says that it was
completed A.H. 148, probably meant for 1048.
Written in careless Nasl^, with many clerical errors.
Not dated, probabl 3 ^ 18th century.
351
No. 482.
foil. 79 ; lines 14 , size 8| X 6| , X 3|.
JAWAHIR-UL-‘AJA’IB
I Foil 1-16 A Tadkirah of female poets by Fal^ri
who wrote it in Sind at the couit of Muhammad ‘Isa Tarkhan
(d. AH 974 = AD 1566)
The MS. opens abruptly thus * —
The author was a panegyrist of Shah Tahmasp, and left, be-
sides this work, a Persian translation of Mir ‘Ali Shir Nawa’is,
Majalis-un-Nafa’is (see Rieu, p 365), and two collections of 6azals
entitled Bustan-ul-^ayal and Tuhfat-ul-Habib
IT Foil 16-79 The Jawahir-ul-‘Aja’ib is followed by the
last section ( Jyj ) of the Mir’at-ul-‘AIam, treating of the
biographical notices of the Persian poets This portion corres-
ponds with fol 276^-291® of the copy of the Mir’at-ul-‘Alam,
No 11 in this catalogue
Written in ordinary Indian Ta‘liq with the headings in red.
Not dated, apparently 19th century
No. 483.
foil. 79; lines 13-22, size 9|X6; 8^X4
Foil. 1^-45^. A history of the first five years of Aurangzib’s
reign, containing a detailed account of the period during which he
was occupied in crushing his competitors, and securing the throne.
Beginning . —
IjLuijb jsXjJIc V— yA
The author, who does not reveal his name anywhere, flour-
ished during the time of Aurangzib, of whom he speaks in the pre-
sent tense. The history begins with the praises of Aurangzib, his
birth and minority, followed by his campaigns m the Deccan, his
struggles with his brothers, etc., etc., and ends with the death and
burial of Shah Jahan in Rajab, A.H. 1076.
352
A copy of the work, exactly agreeing with the present, is
noticed m Rieu i, p. 265, where the contents are described.
The subscription says that the MS belonged to one Sayyid
Safdar ‘Ali, better known as Sayyid Fakhr-ud-Din Husayn, bin
Sayyid Amjad ‘Ali
IT. Foil. 4 8a- 7 9^ Biographical notices of Persian poets, with-
out beginning or end. It begins without any preface with an
account of ‘Abd-ur-Rahim ;^an Khanto, thus —
and breaks off in the middle of the notice on the poet Sadiq The
poets mentioned are mostly those who flourished m Akbar, Jahan-
gir, Shah Jahan and Aurangzib’s time
Written in careless Indian Ta‘liq
Not dated, apparently 19th century
Foil. 72a-79^^ are written diagonally
No. 484
foil. 66 , lines 15 , size 8^X 4J ; 4|X 2J
1. Foil l^-36a Gulshan-i-Raz The famous mystic
Masnawi, composed in answer to fifteen metaphysical questions
propounded by Amir Husayni Sadat (the author of the well-known
Sufistic Masnawi Zad-ul-Musafirin, who died about AH 729 =
A D 1328) by Shaykh Mahmud Shabistari who
died in AH 720 = AD 1320
Beginning —
lyU. SJj] aUj
For editions, translations and other particulars see Bankipur
Library Catalogue, vol i, pp 170-173
II Foil 36^-66^. Waslat Namah The Waslat
Namah of Farid-ud-Din ‘Attar, for which see No 299 in this cata-
logue
III. Foil 1^-20^ (Margin) jJtlA ilLj Risalah-i-Shahid. A
mystical prose treatise on love and its various stages, by the same
Mahmud Shabistari, who wrote it for one ShayWi Ibrahim, a rela-
tion of Isma il Sisi, for whom Mahmud entertained an admiration
bordering on madness , see Sprenger, p. 478. It is divided into
several Lam^ahs.
35o
Beginning —
J) JU.apJ) ^
Written in ordinary Naskh within coloured-ruled borders
Dated A H 1036, see fol 36a
Scribe — ^(j
Foil. 2F^-27^ (margin) Some selected poems and verses from
other poets, written in a later Indian Ta‘liq
Mo. 485.
foil 28, lines 13, size 7JX5, 6X3^
I Foil F^-16^^ Sirai-ul-Wahhaj A discursive
commentary on a verse of Hafiz, by Siraj-ud-Din ‘Ali lOian
Arzu jjjJ (d AH 1169= AD 1766), the
author of the well-known biographical work Majma‘-un-Nafa’is, etc
Beginning —
^ ^
The verse commented upon is —
h I ^1 ^xxxj jL) aI ^x^ yj ob ^ |jHk3 Kaaaa^vUi ^ ^ y..uK^
’ The colophon, fol 16^, is dated Calcutta, Tuesday, 25th
S_hawwal The year is not given
II Foil 17«-28^ A treatise in mixed prose and verse on
the prerogatives of ‘Ali, based on the Quran
Beginning —
I jtoj) j jI
I ki^l J, kU
Written in ordinary Indian Ta‘liq
The colophon of this treatise is dated Friday, 29th Rabi‘ II,
^H. 1221
CLASSIFIED INDEX.
The works are classified according to subjects, and arranged undei each head-
ing, as far as possible in chronological order A number within a parenthesis
after the title of a work denotes the Hijrah date of its composition, or, when
preceded by d , the year in which the author died The last number given refers
to the page in this work
I History
General History
Tarikh i Guzidah, by Hamd Ullah Mustaufi (730) 1
Raudat-us §afd, by Mir Kiwand (900) 2
IGiulasat-ul Akhbar, by Miwand Amir (906) 2
flabib-us Siyar, by the same (930) 3-4
Lubb-ut Tawarikh, by Yahya Qazwini (948) 4
Nig&nstan, by Ahmad Gaffari (959) 5
Raudat-ut Tahirin, by Tahir Muh (1014) (>
Muntakhab-ut Tawarikh, by Muh Yusuf Ataki (1050) 7
Taqwim-ut Tawarikh, by Haji Ij^alifah (1068) S
Mir’at-ul ‘Alam, published under the name of Bakhtawar IGian (1078) 0
Extracts T)!
Mir’at 1 Jahan Numa, by Muh Baqa (1095) 11
A list of the names of renowned persons and saints (down to 1072) 85
A general history (down to 1134) 12
Creeds and Sect 9
Taudih-ul Milal, by Mustafa ‘Abbasi (1021) 12
Prophets^ Muhammad, ^alifs and Imams
Futuh-i Ibn i ‘A‘sam (tianslated c 596) 1 1
Tarjumah i Maulud-un Nabi, by ‘Afif b Sa‘id Kazaruni (760) 1 1
Man&qib-ub Sadat, by ^iihAb-ud Din Daulat abadi (d 848) 15
Raudat-ul Ahbab, by ‘Ata ITllah Husayni (900) 15-18 , abiidgment 18
Lawami‘-ul AnwAr, by ‘Ali b Husayn Zawwaii (950) 21
Manaqib-i Murtadawi, by Ka^fi (d 1061) 22
Jala-’ul ‘Uydn, by Muh. Baqir Majhsi (1089) 22
Ahsan-us Siyar, by Kazim (1114) J i 24
Tarjumat-ul Asrar, by Kamal Ullah Siddiqi (1185) 24
Sa‘adat-ul Kaunayn, by Ikram ud Din (1220) 25
Bahjat-ul Mabahij, by Hasan Sabzwaii 25
Dah Majhs . 2()
Majma‘-ul Manaqib ^ 2b
Maqasid-ul Auliya, by Malimud FaryAbi 27
Tadkirat-ul Ma‘sumin by Muh Nadir 28
Matah‘-ul Anwar, by ‘Afif b TupkAshani 20
Atashkadah, by Jauhari 10
Jang Namah i Husayni 30
Oaznawis,
Tarikh-i Mas‘udi, by Abul Fa 11 Bayhaqi (d 470) 31
Mu gals
Haft Risalah i Taqwim-ul Buldan 32
356
INDl^X
Timur
Zafar Namah, by ^araf-ud Din ‘Ali Yazdi (828) . 34
Tuzuk-i Timuri, by Abu Talib (1047) . 34
Nadi> Shdh
TariWi-i Jah&nkushai, by Mahdi K]i&n (1171) 35
Bay^n-i by ‘Abd-ul Karim 36
Persia
]Mafatih-ul ‘Ajam, vviitton for ‘Alishir (d 906), by Abul Haaan Tabari 37
Taiikh'i ‘Alam Ara, by Iskandar Munshi (1025-1038) 37-40
Taiikh-i Tahu Wahid, by Tahir Wahid (d 11 10) 40
Persia Local History
Herat
TAiiUi-i Harat, liy Sayfi Haiawi (c 721) 41
Europe
Taiiqih ul Akhbar (a portion) . 43
India — General History
Tabaqat-i Akbari, by Nizain-ud Din Harawi (1002) 14
Extracts . . 10
Sultans of Dihli
Tdnkh-i Firuz ^ah, by Piya-i Barani (758) 15
Taiildi-i Salatm-i Afaganah, by Ahmad Yadgar (c 984) 46
Timurides in India
Akbar Namali, by Abul Fadl (1004-1010) 47
A’in-i Akbari , by the same . 48
Iqb&l N&mah-i Jahangiri, by Mu‘tamad IGian (1029) 48
Jahangir Namah 49
Padishah Namah, by Muh Amin (1047) 50
Qarniyah-i ^ah Jah&n, by Muh Tahir (1068) 51
‘Amal-i Salih, by Muh §alih Kaubuh (missina) 51
Early life of Shah Jahan 52
First volume of ‘Abd-ul Hamid’s history of ^ah Jah&n 52
Third Vol of the Padishah Namah, by Muh Wari^i (d 1091) 53
History of the first five years of Aurangzib’s loign . 351
Ma’a^ir-i ‘Alamgiri, by Musta'id l^ian (1122) 53
Tafikirat-us Salatin-i Chagata, by Kamwar Wian (1137) 54
Tarikh-i ^iMiinshahi, by Muh i^alil 56
India — Local History
Extiactb fiom the Jang Ndmah of Nfimat IQian ‘Ali 341
Kd^mir
Taiilch-i Ka^mir, by ‘Ajiz (1122) . 57
Waqi‘at -1 Kashmir, by Muh A'zara (1148) . . 57
INDEX.
357
Bengal.
Riyad-us Salatin, by Gulam Husayn (1200-1202) . IS
II. Biography
Saints
Tadkirat-ul Auliya, by ‘Att&r (627) 59
Nafah&t-ul Uns, by Jarai (883) 69
Commentary on the same, by *Abd-ul Gafur Lari (896) 60
Rashahat, by ‘Ali b Husayn Kdshifi (909) . 61
Jawahir-i Faridi, by ‘Ali Asgar (1033) 62
Mir’at-i MadSri, by ‘Abd-ur Rahman (1064) 63
Mir’&t-ul Asrar, by the same (1066) 63
Poets
Tadkirat'Ush ^u‘ara, by Daulat ^ah (892) . 04
Kalimfit-ush ^u‘ar&, by Sar^wush (1093) 65
Riyad-uah Shu‘ar6,, by Walih (1161) 06
Riy&d-ul Afkar, by Wazir ‘Ali (1268) 6o
Anonymous work . ^52
Besiduah
Jawahir-ul ‘A]a’ib — notices of female poets, ])y Fal^ri (c 974) 351(1)
Philosophers
Tadkirat-ul Hukaraa, by Ma<isud ‘Ali (10 1) 00
A short treatise 29
Residuals
Ta(Jkirat-ul Umard, a collection of the biographies of the Amirs of the reigns
of Babar and Humaydn _ 33 (4)
Memoirs and Travels
Tubfat'ul ‘Alam, by ‘Abd ul Latif Shustari (1214) 07
Mir'^at ul Aliwal-i Jahan Numa, by Ahmad Bahbahani (1226) 08
HI Geography, Cosmography and Topography
‘Aja’ib-ul Maldiluqat (571-590) 70
Nuzhat-ul Qulub, by Hamd Ullah Mustaufi (740) 75
Haft Iqlim, by Amin Ahmad Rdzi (1002) 70
A^bdr-i Hasinah 77
IGiwurshid-i Jahdn Numa, by Ilahi Baldi^ Husayni (1270-1280) 77
IV Theology and Law
Hinduism
Tarjuraah'i Mahabharat, by AbuJ Fadl (995) 79-80
Tarjumah-i Jogbashisht 81
Exposition of the Truth , Rights and Duties of Islam according to the various
Sects and Doctrines
Hayrat-ul Fuqaha, by ‘Ala Buldiari (696) 83
Kanz'Ul ‘Ubbad, by ‘Ali bin Ahmad Guri (747) 84
Tuhfat-us Salat, by ‘Ali b Husayn Kashifi (d. 939) 86
Risdlah-i §aydiyah. by Fayd Ullah (930-984) ^ 86
Fiqh-i Ibrahim ^ahi, by Ni?am-ud Din 1941-965) ’ 80
358
INDEX
Barahin-i Qati‘, by Kam&l-ud Din Jahrami (994)
Munazarah-i Jamhunyah, bv Jalal-ud-Din Ka^&ni (1001)
Kitab'i Imamiyah (1068)
Anonymous work by Muh Taqi Majlisi (d 1070)
Tuhfat-uz Za’ir, by Muh Baqir Majlisi (1085)
Haqq-ul Yaqin, by the same (1109)
‘^yn-ul Hay at, by the same
Gadiriyah, by ‘Abd Ullah Qazwini
^ia‘a’ir-ul tman, by ‘Alam-ul Huda (1098)
Khulasah-i Kitab-i Haq Gufjar, by the same
Sulalat-ul Mi‘var, by the same
Tarjumah-i ^u‘ab ul tman, by Ndr-ud Din (before 1106)
Jarai‘-ul Fnyudat (before 1132)
Tabsirat-uz Za’ir, by Muh Badi‘ (1157)
Qurrat-ul ‘Aynayn, by Waii Ullah (d 1176)
lOiuIasat-ul Islam, by l8ma‘il BaWiarzi (before 1179)
Fawa’id-i Asafiyah, by Dildar ‘Ali (1201)
Dulfaqar, by the same
Risalah-i Tijarat, by Muh Baqir Bahbahani (d 1205)
Tanwir-ul Manar, by Bahr-ul ‘Ulum (d 1226)
Qiyamat Namah, by the same
9aulat-i Gadanfariyah , by Rashid-ud Din (1237)
Tabsirat-ul Muhtadin. by ‘Abd Ullah (1261)
Siraj-ul Abrtir, by AIi b Muh lafahani
Fatawa-i Barahnah, by Nasir-ud Din Lahauri
Jamal us $alihin, by Husayn b ‘Abd ur Razzaq
Tuhfat-ul Musliniin
Mubahagah-i Mu 11a ba Padri
Khati’at-u] A’lmmah, by Yuhanna Bani Isra'il
‘Umdat-ul Islam by Abu T&hir Multani
Manafi‘-ul Quhlb
A tract, by Qutb-ud Din Muh
Asas-ul Musalli, by Badr-i Rukn
A tract, by Murid-ul Haq
Maqsud-ul iNIusallin, by Muzaffar ‘U.smani
A fragment
An Arabic tract on the Law of Inheritance
Risalah-t Miqdariyah, by Muli Mu’min
Risalah-i §aydiyah
A tract, by Qutb-ud Din
Qiyamat Namah, by Rafi‘-nd Din
Durur-ul Mukalhf, by Muh Amjad
Tahdib-ul Mayyat, by ‘Abd-u^ ^.ukui
Tarjumah-i Sirajivah, by Muh Amjad
Commentaries on the Quran
Mawahib-i ‘Aliyyah, by Husayn Kashifi (897-899)
Tarjuraat-ul !l^iaw&8, by Ali b Husayn Zawwari (946)
Tafsir-i ^dhi, by Abul Fath Husayni (930-984)
IGiul&sat-ul Manhaj, by ^arif-ul Kash&ni (d 1086)
Jala-ul Adhdn, by Husayn Juriani
Taudili
Tafsir-i ‘Ali ‘A/im
Tafsir-i Ba‘d Ayat
A Commentary on the initial verse of the Quran
Tuhfat-ul Wada’i‘, by Kamal ud Din Ahmad
Correct Reading of the Qurdn
Maqsud-ul Qari, by Niir ud Din (1014-1037)
Ruq‘at-ul Q^ri, by Qasim ‘Ali (1196)
Zinat-ul Qari
A tract, by lakandar
87
88
90-91
91
92
94
96
96
96
97
97
97
343
98
99
99
88
90
100
101
101
102
103
347
103
104
104
105
105
107
107
108
108
108
84
131
161
174
174
344
H7
348
348
348
1 12
109
110
111
113-114
116
110-1 18
118
. 347
349
119
119
119
119
INDEX.
359
Tradiliona of Muhammad and the Imdms
Tarjumah-i §ad Kalimah, by Ra^id ud Din Watwat (d 678) 119
^arh-i Diwan-i ‘Ali, by Husayn Maybucji (896) . 120
Fawatih, by the same tb
Tarjumah-i ^lama’il-un Nabi, by Haji (988) 121
Tarjumah i Qutub ^ahi, by Ibn-i Kliatun 989-1020) . . 122
^arh-i Kafi, by IQmlil Qazwini (1052-1077) 126-126
Kuhl-ul Jawahir . 127
Tarjumah-i Lubab ul Aldib&r, by Muh b Mahmud 106 , 342
Chihl Hadi {5 . . . 106
A senes of the Prophet's traditions in Arabic 106
A treatise on the prerogatives of ‘Ali 363
Asceticism and Sufism {Prose works) {For Poetical works see Poetry),
Kanz*us Salikin, by ‘Abdullah Ansari (d 481) . . . . 128
Kimiya 1 Sa‘adat, by Gazali (d 505) 128, 129, 130
Anis-ul Arw&li, discourses of ‘U'#man HarCini, collected by Mu‘in-ud Din
Chishti (d 633) . 130
Rahat-ul Qulub, discourses of Farid-ud Din Ganj-i ^akar, collected by
Nizam Ahmad Bada’ uni (656) .. 132
Kamal-us Salikin Discourses of Ni‘mat*ullah Yamani, a disciple of Farid-ud
Din ^akarganj (d (>64) . . 141
Nuzhat-nl Arwah, by Husayn b ‘Ahm(711) 132
Commentary on the same, by ‘Abd-ul Wahid Ibrahim (986) 133
Risalah-i Shahid, by Mahmud ^labistari (d 720) . 352
Durar-i Nizamiyah Discourses of Ni/Am-ud Din Auliya(d 725), collected by
one ot his disciples . 141
iMalfu/at of ‘Ala ud Daulah (d 736), collected by Iqbal Sijistani . 142
Raudat-us Stilikm Discourses ot ‘Abd-ul j^aliq Gujdawani (d 676) and
Baha-ud Din Naqshbandi (d 791), collected by ‘Ali b Mahmud ul-Kuiani 143
Fasl-ul KJiitab, by Muh Parsa (d 822) 134
Tahqiq&t, by the same . 134
Lata’if-i A;^rafi DLscoursos of A^iaf Jahangii Simnani (d c 840), collected
by Nizam-ud Din Yamani 136
]Maktub5t of the same, edited by ‘Abd-ur Razzaq 136
Maktubat of ‘Abd Ullah Qutub (c 803) 137
A treatise by ‘Ubayd Ullah Ahrar (d 895) 145
Anis-ul Gurabd, by *Abd-ua §amad (before 1048) 350
‘Ibadat-ul IGiawas, by Muliibb Ullah (1061-1053) 136
^lathiyyat, by l3ara li^ikuh (1062) 1 ^9
A small tract (before 1110) . 146
Risalah-i Hauraniyah, by Mahmud U^ ^a^jhi (be^'ore 1110) 147
A mystical explanation of the sayings of Saints (before 1110) 147
A special form of prayers used by certain Saints (before 1110) 147
Giti Numa (1 133) . 342
A mystical treatise (before 1134) 344
Rumuzdt (before 1134) 344
Trsbad-ut Talibin, by Jalal-ud Din Thanisari (before 1162)
A tract on the mystical meaning of “ love,” by ‘Aziz Muh Nasafi 142
A treatise (before 1162) 343
Nur-ul Qulub Discourses of Sufi Abadani (d 1220), collected by Amjad
‘Ali (1226) 140
Mandqib-i Gau‘»i\ah, by Muh Sadiq ^ihabi 140
Tarjumah-i Risalah-i Fakhr-ul Hasan, b> Kalim Ullah 144
Haqa’iq-ud Daqa’iq, by Ahmad Rurni 144
Mahfil-i ‘Arif an 145
A §ufic genealogy, by Say y id Ahmad 348
Prayersy Invocations, etc
Tarjumah-i ‘Iddat-ud Da‘i, by Nasir-ud Din Muh (907-930) 148
lOnzdnat-ul Asrar, by Muh nl-Qari (962) 148
360
INDEX.
Adab 1 ‘Abb&si, by §adr>ud Din Muh (after 1031) 149
Tarjumah-i Mift&h-ul Falah, by Jamal-iid Din Muh ]^w&nsdri (1038-1052) 160
Misbah-ul ‘Abidin, by Zayn-ul ‘Abidin (1038-1052) 151
Kit&b-nl Aurad, by ‘Abd-ul Haq Dihlawi (d 1052) 151
Minhaj-ul Falah, by ‘Ali ul-Bafiqi (before 1061) 152
Z6d-ul Ma‘ad, by Muh Baqir Majlisi (1105) 152
A treatise by the same 153
A detailed work 153
Other anonymous treatises 164-150
V Arts and Sciences
Philosophy
Tarjumah-i Mujmal-ul Hikmat (c 771) 150
Ethics and Politics
Akhlaq-i Nasiri, by Nasir-ud Din Tusi (d 672) 102
Dakhirat-ul Muluk, by ‘Ali Hamadani (d 78G) 107
Siraj-ul Munir, by Muh ^larif (1030) lo3
Jung-i Qutub ^lahi (1020-1083) 104
Abwab-ul Jindn, by Muh Hafi‘ Qa/wini (d 1105) l(i >
Gulshan-i Kliirad, by Basiti h)0
Compendia of Science and Enryclopa dias
Danish N&mah-i ‘Al&’i by Ibn-i Sina (d 428) lOS
Hada’iq-ul Anwar, by Fakhr ud Din Razi (d OOo) 1(^0
Durrat-ut Taj , by Qutb-ud Dm t^iiiazi (d 710) 170-171
Nafa’is-ul Funun, by Muh ‘Amuli (735-742j 172-17 7
‘Uqiili ‘Ashrah, by Muli Barari(1084) 177
Arith??ietic
Tarjumah-i IGiulasat iil Hisab, by Raushan ‘Ali (d 1225) 170
Astronomy and Astioloqy
Mul^tasar dar Ma‘rifat-i Taqwim, by Nasir ud Din Tiisi (058) 177
Hist Bab, by the same 177
Commentary, by ‘Abd-ul ‘Ah Birjmdi (889) 178
Tali‘-i Maulud i Humayun, b^ Haji Sabzwaii (828) ISO
Zij-i Jadid-i Sultani, by Uliig Bog (d 853) 179
Risalah-i Taqwim 173
Manazil-i Qaraar 177
Medicine
Jkhtiyarat-i Badi‘i, by Ali b Husayn Ansaii (770) 181-182
Tarjumah i Taqwim-ul Abdan 183
1 arjumah-i Suhrabi, by ‘Ali Akbar 183
Farnei y
Faras Namah (1037-1068) 184
A treatise 185
Archery
Kulliyat-ur Rami, by Amin-ud Din (1132) 185
INDEX.
361
Music
Rag Darpan, by Faqir Ullah (1076) 186
UsOl-un Nagmat, by Gulam Rida 186
Risalah dar •Ilm-i Musiqi 174
Divination, Oeomancy and Magic
Sihr-ul ‘UyOn (907) . 168
Qawa‘id-ul Hidayat, by Hidayat Ullah (1001) 186
A short tract 189
A tieatise on the virtues of the Surahs of the Quran, by Muh Baqir Majlisi
(d 1110) . . .
Fal Namah of Tmam ‘Ali Rida, translated by *Ali ibn-ul Qari 160
Tuhfat-ul Gara’ib, by Muh Sarfarazi 160
Interpretation of Dreams
A detailed work 161
Specimen of Calligraphy
Fifteen gilded folios containing specimens of Persian Calligraphy, by llusArn
ud Din 101
Residuals
Majma'us Saiia’P \ polyte( hnical work, by Hakim Filsuf Magribi (1011) 171
Two treatise.s on palmistry 174
VT Philology
Persian Dictionaiies
Mu’ayyid-ul Fudala, by Muh b Lad (925) 102
INTadai-ul Afadil, by Faydi Sirhindi (1001) 162
Fai hang -1 Jahangiri, by Jam.il-ud Din Husayn Iiiju (1017) 102
Farhang i Faruqi (before 1046)
Burhan-i Qati‘, by Burhan Tabriz! (1002) 104
Arabic- Persian Dictionaries
Taj-ul Asami, by Zamakhshaii (d 538) 105
Kanz ul Lugat, by Mull b ‘Abd-ul lUialiq (c 611) 166
MuntaWiab-ul Lugat-i Shah Jahani, by ‘Abd-ur Rashid Tatawi (1046) 197
Qabus, by Muh Habib Ullah (1146) 107
Lugat I Tiirki, bv Fadl Ullah 108
Grammar
Sarf-i Mir, by ^larif Jurjani (d 816) 20]
^larh'i ^afiyah, by Muh Hadi (c 1088) 109
‘Afiyah, by Muh Sa‘d (1097) 200
Sharh-i Alfiyyah, by Muh ‘Ali 200
Qawa‘id -1 Farsi, by Raushan ‘Ali (d 1225) 202
Dastur ul Mubtadi, by §afi b Nasir 201
A treatise on the technicalities of Arabic grammar 201
Jami‘-ul Masadii 202
A treatise containing paradigms of Persian verbs 202
Another treatise on Persian verbs 202
Prosody
Al-Mu‘jam, by ^laras-i Qays (616) 203
Majma‘-us Sama’i* by Nizam-ud Din Ahmad (1060) 204
Anonymous work in two parts 205
362
INDEX,
Rhetoric t Ornate Prose and Letters
Kasa’il'ul I‘jaz, by ^usrau (716) 206-207
^wan-i J^alil, by ?uhari (d 1026) 207,341
N auras, by the same 340
Giilzar-i Ibrahim, by the same 340
Mina Bazar, by the same . 341
Ruqa*at-i Abul Fadl, edited by NOr Muhammad (1003) 208
Ruqa'at i Araan uilah Husayni (d 1044) . • • 208
Ruqa‘at i ‘Alamgir, 'edited by Subudh Mai (1162) 209
Kalimal-i Tayyibat Notes by Aurangzib, edited by ‘Inayat Ullah (1131) . . 209
paWiirah i Jawahir, by ^lah Nawaz Husavni 210
An anonymous collection 211
Proverbs
‘Aja’ib-ul Amsjal, by Muh ‘Ali Jabalrudi (c 1054) 211
Darb'iil Masai A collection of Persian Proverbs 202
VII Poetry
^mh Namah, by Firdausi (d 411) -^2
Abridgment, by Tawakkul Beg (c 1063) 213
Yusuf waZalikhii, by Firdausi 214
Diwan of Abul Faraj Runi (o 508) 214
Diwan of Mu‘izzi (d 542) 21 9
Hadiqah, by Sana'i Gaznawi (d 545) 215-216
‘ Abd-ul Latif’s edition with commentary (1040-1042) 216
Diwan of Adib Sabir (d 547) 336
Knnuz-ur Rumuz, b\ the same 218
Diwan of Sana’i ^ .,218
Metrical translation of the Sad Kalimah, by Rashid ud Din Watwat (d 678) 219
Na?r-ul La’ali, by Ha-an 220
Diwan of Anwari (d 587) 220
Diwan of Khaqani (d 695) 221 , 222
Commentary, by Muh ^adiabadi (90i>-9l6) 222
Diwan of Ntzami (d 599) ^ 223
IGiamsah by the same 223-224
Makhzan-ul Asrar 225
Diwan of A sir Aldisikati (d 608) 226
Ni«ab-us §ibydn, by Abu Nasr Farabi (617) • • 226
Masnawis b> ‘Attar 227-228
Waslat Namah p52
Mantiq-ut Tayr 228
Mazhar*ul ‘Aja’ib •• 229
Pand Namah 229 , 349
Diwan of Kamal Isfahan! (d 635) 229
Diwan of Imami (d 670) 336
Diwan of Majd-i Hamgar (d 680) 337
Kulhyat'i Sa'di (d 690) 233 --235
Bustan . . . . . • 235
Guhstan . 230
Commentary on the Guhstan ( ) , by Muh Sa‘id (109/), . 237
Diwan • • 236
Diwan of Jalal ud Din Rumi (712) 230-231
Ma'jnawi, by the same 231 232
Gulshan-i Raz, by Malimud ^labistari (d 720) 352
Kulhyat-i Khusrau (d 726) 238-240
Diwan 240
IGiamsah 240-241
Tuhfatus Sigr and Wasat ulHayat 242
S&m Namah, by I^waju (c|||745) 243
Kulliy&t of Ibn-i Yamin (d 745) 243
INDEX
363
Diwan of Badr-i Chaclj (d 754) 337
Margub-ul Qulub (767) 343
Commentary 360
Diwan of Rukn-i Sa’in (d 764) 335
Diwan of Salman (d 778) 244
Collections of Qasidahs and Gazals 246
Mihr waMushtari by ‘Assar (778) 246
Diwan of Hafiz (d 791) ‘ 246-247
Diwan of Ma^nbi (d 809) 248
lOiawar Namah by Ibn i Huaam (d 830) 248-249
Diwan of Qasim Anwar (d 837) 249
Hal Namah, by ‘Arifi Harawi (d 863) 260
Misbah, by Rashid ud Din Asfara’ini (862) 250
Diwan of ^lahi (d 857) . 261
Diwan of Riyadi Samarqandi (d 884) 252
Poetical works of Jami (d 898) 252-259
I‘tiqad Namah 269
Futuh-ul Haramayn, by Muhyi Lari (911) 260
Diwan of Asafi (d 923) 261
Diwan of Figani (d 925) 261
Selections 339
Timur Namah, by Hatifi (d 927) 262
Haft Man/ar, by the same 262
Diwan of Ahli lUmrasani (d 934) 263
Ma^nawis by Jamali (d 942) 263-264
Kulliyat of Ahli Shirazi (d 942) 265-267
Diwan of Haydar Kaluj (d 959) 338
Diwan of ^araf Qazwini (d 968) 268
Poems by Nawidi (d 973) 339
Diwan of Raha’i (c 983) 268
Diwan of Wahshi (d 991) 340
Diwan of Muhtasham (d 996) 269
Kulhyat of ‘Urfi (d 999) 269
lUiamsah, by Sarfi (d 1063) 270
Diw’an of Faydi (d 1004) 273-273
Nal wa Daman, by the same 274
Ruba‘is of Sahabi (d 1010) 274
Diwan of Wali (d 1012) 276
T‘jaz Namah, by Gma’i (d. c 1014) 276
Diwan of Nasimi (d c 1016) 276
Diwan of Nayiri (d 1021) 277
Diwan of Sanjar (d 1021) .. 277
Saqi Namah, by Zuhuri (d 1026) 278
Mahmud wa Ayaz, by the same 278
Diwan of Turab (c 1025) 279
Diwan of ^apur (d c 1026) 280
Nan wa Halwa, by Baha’i (d 1030) 280
Diwan of ‘Ali Naqi (d 1031) 2^1-282
Diwan of falib Amuli (d 1036) 282 , 283 , 284
Diwan of Qasim Diwanah (d c 1036) 284
Kulliyat of ^iifa’i (d 1037) • 284
Diwan of Jalal Asir (d 1049) 286, 286
Poetical w'orks of Qudsi (d. 1066) 286, 287 , 288
Iftitah-i Sultani, by ‘Alawi (1067) 288
Manohar wa Madhu Malat, by Nfir Muh (1059) 288
Diwan of Fayyad (d 1060) 289
Diwan of Kalim (d 1062) 290
Diwan of Nisbati (d c 1062) 290
Diwan of Saydi (d 1069) 291
A collection of short Maijfnawis 345
RiyaiJ-us Sana’i*, by ‘Ali Sawaji (1020-1083) 346
Diwan of Bildiwud (d 1086) 291
364
INDEX.
Diwan of ‘Ishq (d 1077-1106) 292
Diwan of §a’ib (d 1088) 293-294
Diwan of Katib (d after 1088) 295
Diwan of ^ankat (d 1107) 295
Diwan of lOialil (d after 1107) . 296
Kulliyat of (d. after 1119) 296
Hamlah-i Haydari, by B&dil (d 1123) 297
Diwan of Bidil (d. 1133) 298
Hallaj wa Haddad (1140) 298
Diwan of Haya (d 1 144) 299
Diw&n of babit (d 1161)
Diwan of taufiq (c. 1188) 200
Hatim Ta’i, by Farhat (d 1191)
Urdu Diwan, by the same . . 201
Diwan of Mazhar Janjanan (d. 1196) 202
Ma'adin-ur Rida, hy Aagar (1197) 238
Diwan of Waqif (d 1200) 202
Diwan of Jauhari (d. 1200) 203
A tiootise on metre and rhyme, by Azad (d 1200) 246
Durr-ul MawtVi/, by Sayyid Husayn (1203) 245
KJiarabat, probably by the same (1204) 2'^^
Asaf Namah, by Mau/un (1188-1212) 204
Diwan of Qiyamat (c 1212) 204
Iqbal Namah (1216) . 205
Diwan of Mudtar (d c 1217)
A treatise on Algebra, by Najm-ud Din (before 1227) ^^6
Diwan of Barakat (c 1229) ^^5
Diwan of Ams (d ( 1239) 207
Poetical woiks of ‘ Ayshi (d 1240) 206
His Urdu Diwan 207
Jaiinat-uu Na‘im (befoie 1243) 208
Afsanah i Mahabbat, by ^ukri (1260) j08
A Diwan by an anonymous author (o 1284) 245
Ar/ang-i Ma‘rifat >09
Diwan ol Wahshati ^ »9
Anthologies
TiOifat-ul Faqii , by ^laraf-ud-Din ‘Ali Yazdi (d 868) 210
Two collections of poetical extracts compileci by Muh-Tahii (d c 1092) and
Nasira-i-Hamaddni (d c 1015) 211
lUiulasah-i Lata’if-ul J^ayal, by Nusrat (1157) 312-213
Anonymous Anthologies . 313-114
VIII Fables, Tales \nd Anecdotes
Qissah-i Chahar Darwi^, ascribed to IHiusrau (d 725) il5
Tuti Namah, by Uiya-i Nakhshabi (730) 316
Baharistan by Jami (892) 317
Lata'if-ut Tawa’if, by ‘All b Husayn K&^ifi (c 939) 117-318
‘lyai-i Danish, by Abul Fadl (996) 218
Singhasan Battisi, by Baharmal (1019) 319
Ma‘din-ul Jawahir, by Tarzi (1025) 219
Bustan i Khayal, by IHiayal (1155-1169) 320-328
Abridgment 228
Qihsali-i Amir Harnzah 229
Qissah-i Bibi Zaygun . . 330
Jang Namah i Abu Muslim 130
An enlarged version . 330
IX Miscellanies
Nasim-ur Rabi‘ (769-786) . 332
^ahid-i §ddiq, by Muh Sadiq (1064-1066) , 222
INDEX
365
Anonymous work without title (c 1076) . 333
A similar work (1221-1253) . . . . 334
Another work without title by Muh. Mahdi. . 315
X Manuscripts op mixed Contents.
The several component parts of these volumes have been entered under their
appropriate heads in the above index
ALPHABETICAL INDEX.
Authors and Titles,
\Number8 refer to the pages in this Catalogue AtUhors" names ate ni Roman,
hook titles in Italic type ]
Abadani, Sufi Nur-ul Quldh , 140
‘Abd>ul ‘All, V Bahr-ul ‘Ulum
‘Abd-ul ‘All Birjindi S]iarh-i Bist Bdb . 178
‘Abd-ul Gafdr Laii Hdshiyah-i Nafahdt . 60
‘Abd-ul Hamid Lahaun Pddi^dh Ndmah 52
‘Abd-ul Haq Dihlawi Kildb-ul Aurdd 151
‘Abd-ul Karim, ]^wajah Baydn-i Wdqi* 36
‘Abd-ul Karim §iddiqi Scribe . 242
‘Abd-ul l^dliq Gujdawani Raudat us Sdhkin 143
‘Abd Ullah, Sayyid Tabsirat-ul Muhtadtn 103
‘AbdUllah Scribe 150
‘Abd Ullah Ansari Kanz-us Sdliktn 128
‘Abd Ullah Qazwini Gadiriyah 05
‘Abd Ullah Qutb b Muliyi Maktdbdt 137
‘Abd-ul Latif ‘Abbasi La^'if-ul Haqdfiq 216
‘Abd-ul Latif b Muh Scribe ^ 129
‘Abd-ul Latif ^dstari Tuhfat-ul *Alam 67
‘Abd-ul Wahid Ibrahim. Sharh-i Nuzhat-ul Arwdh 1*13
‘Abd-ul Wahid Juzjani Edit Danish Ndmah-i * A IdU 168
‘Abd-ur Rahim ^afipuri Ndr-ul Imdn . 31
‘Abd-ur Rahman Chi^ti MiRdt-i Maddrl 63
Mir'dt-ul Asrdr . ih
‘Abd ur Ra^id Tatawi Muntakhab-ul Lugat 197
‘Abd-ur Razzaq Jilani Maktdbdt-i Ashraf 136
‘Abd-ush ^ukur Ansari Tahdib-ul Mayyat 348
‘Abd-ua Samad. Ants-ul Qurabd 350
Abul Fadl ‘Allami Akbar Ndmah 47
A*ln-i Akbart .. 48
Tarjumah-i Mahdbhdrat 79, 80
Ruqa^dt 208
‘lydr Ddnish 318
Abul Fadl Bayhaqi Tdrlkh-i Mas* udi 31
Abul Faraj Runi Diwdn 214
Abul Fath Husayni Tafstr-i Shdhi 110
Abul Hasan, ^aylth Scribe . 93
Abul Hasan ^abari Mafdtlh-ul *Ajam 37
Abu Nasr Farabi Nisdb-us Sibydn 226
Abu Sa‘id Abul ;^iayr Rubd*is 346
Abu T&hir Multani *Umdat ul Isldm 107
Abu Talib Husayni. Tuzuk-i Timuri 14
Abwdh-ul Jindn 165
Addb-i ^ Abhdsi 149
‘Afif b Sa‘id Kazaruni Tarjumah-i Mauldd-un Nabi 14
‘Afif b Tupkashani. Ma(dli‘-ul Anwdr 29
*Afiyah . , . 200
Afsdnah-n Mahnbbat , 308
Ahkdm-us Saldt=Jdmi*-ul Fuydddt 343
Ahli ICliurasani Diwdn 263
Ahli ^irazi Kulhydt . . 265
Aljmad, Sayyid A ^dfi genealogy ... . 348
Ahmad Gaff&ri Nigdnatdn ' . 5
Ahmad Riirai Haqd'iq-ud Daqd’iq 144
^68 INDEX.
Ahmad Yadgar Tdnkh-i Saldttn-i Afdganah 40
Ahsan-ua Siyar 2^,24
Ahwdl'i Sfidhzadigi'i &idh Jahdn 64
A’mah-i Iskandari by :^usrau 239
A'lnri Akbart 48
*A)d'ib-ul Amsdl 211
*A‘)d'ib-ul MaJdkluqdt . 70
‘Ajiz, Naiayan Kul Tdrikh-t Ka&hmh 57
Ahhar Ndmah 47
Akhbdr-i Hasinah 77
Akhtdq-i Ndsirt 162
Ala Bukhari Hayt at-ul Fuqahd 83
‘Ala-ud Daulah Simnani Malfuzut 142
\lam 111 Hilda i^a*d'ir-ul hndn 96
Khuldaah-i Kttdh-i Haq Quddr 97
Suldlat-ul Mi'ydr ib
‘ Mawi Ijtitdh-i Sultdnt 288
‘Alawi Kashi, Muh Tahir Halid) iva Hadddd 298
‘All, Ni‘mat I^an Extracts from Jang Ndmah or Bazm Ndmah 34l
‘All b Ahmad ul-Gun Kanz-ul * Ubbdd 84
‘All Akbar b Muh Labib Tarjumah i Suhrdbi 184
‘All Abgar Fatlipuri Jawdhir-i Faridi 62
‘All ‘A/ira I^an Tafatr 116
‘All b Badr Bui ban Tar)umah-i Taqwim-ul Abddn 183
‘All Bafiqi Minhd)-ul Faldh 152
‘All Hamadaui, Sayyid JJakFtrat-ul Muluk 107
‘All b Husayn Ansari IJFhtiydrdt-i Badi'l 181
‘All b Husayn Ka:^ifi Raahahdt 61
Tuhfat-u^ Saldt 85
La\d'%f-ut Tawd'zf 317
All b Husayn tSawaji Riydd-us Sand’t* 346
‘All b Husayn Zawwari Lawdmi"-ul Anudr 21
Tar)U7nat ul Khavjds 109
‘All b Ja‘far Isfal)l(|| Ma)ma*-ul Mandqib 26
‘All Ltihiji A htter containing the meaning of some difficult verses of Khdqdnl 199
‘All b. Mull Scribe 98
‘All b. Muh Isfahan! Sird) ul Abrdr 347
‘All b. Muh Kurani Raudat-us Sdlikin 143
‘Ah Naqi of Kamrah Dtwdn . 281
‘All b Qadi Fdl Ndmah 190
‘All Quahji Zij-i Jadid-i Sultdni 179
‘All Rida Isfahan! Scribe 285
'Amal-i Sdlih (missing) 51
Aman Ullah Husayni Ruqa^dt 208
Arnin Ahmad Razi Haft Iqlim 70
Amin ud Din Najafi Kulliydt-*ur Rami 185
Amjad ‘Ali Nur-ul Qulub 140
Anis, Mohan La‘l Diudn 107
Ants ul Arwdh 130
Anis-ul Gurabd 350
Anwari Diwdn 220
Ar^ang-i Ma'rifat 309
Arzu, Siraj-ud Din ‘Ali KJian Sird)-ul Wahhd) 353
Asafi Diiidn 261
A '^af Ndmah 304
Asdb-ul Mu allt 108
Asgar MaUtdin-ur Ridi* 238
A^na, Muh Tahir Qarmyfih-i SJ^dh Jahdn 51
Ashraf Jahangir Simnani Lata'if-i Aahrafi 136
Makiubdt 136
A sir Isfahan! Dludn 285
Aardr Ndmah . 228
‘Assar Tabri/i Mihr wa Mushtari 246
INDEX.
369
Aia^kadah by Jaulian
‘ Ata LJJlah Husayni Raudat-ul Ahbdb , 16
‘ At tar, Far id-ud-Din Tadkirat-ul Auhya 59
^iyd\ Ndmah 227
Haft Wdd^ ^5
Waslat Ndmah ib , 362
Jauhar-ucJ Ddt 227
Qul JKhusrau 228
Mazhat ul ^A^d'ib ib , 229
Aardr Ndmah
Mantiq ut Tayr ^b
Pand Ndmah ^49
Aurangzib Ruqa'dt 209
Kalimdt-i Tayyibai ^6
* Ayn-ul Haydt ^5
‘Ay^i, Taiib ‘Alildian Kulhydt 306
Khazdn wa Bahdt 307
Urdu Diwdn ^5
Hafw ^ Baqqdl
Azad Bilgraini, Gularii ‘Ali A vetsified treatise on metre and rhyme 346
‘Aziz Muh Na^afi A treatise on the mystical meamnq of ‘‘ Lore^’ 342
Muh Raf2‘ Hamlah-i Haydari 297
Badr-i Qiaclj. Diwdn (selections) 337
Badr Rukn Sindhi A tract on ablution and prayer s lOS
Bahdristdn 3 1 7
Baharmal Singhdsan Battlsl 319
Baha ud Din ‘AmuJi Ndn wa Halwa 280
Baha-ud Dm Naqshbandi Raudat us Sdhkin 14 ?
Bahbahani, Ahmad b Midi Mtr'*at-nl Ahwdl 68
Bahjat ul MabdJu] 26
Bahi-ul ‘Ulurn, ‘ Abd-ul • All Tanwir ul Mandr 101
Qiydrnat Xamah ib
Balditawai lOian Mir'dt-ul ‘ Uarn 9
Bardhiriri Qati' 87
Baiakat Diwdn 305
Basiti GuJshan ^ Kh irad 166
Baydn-% Wdqi* 36
Bazm Ndmah=Jan(j Ndmah 341
Bidil, ‘Abd-ul Qadii Dnvan 298
BiWiwud Diivdn 291
Bist Bdb 177
Burhdn-i Qdti^ 194
Burhan Tabriz! Burhdn i Qdti 194
Bustdn 23.)
Bustan-i khayal 2^0
Chihli Hadis 106
Dah Majlis 2()
Dakhirah-i Jaudhir 210
Dahhirat-ul Muluk 167
Ddni^ Ndmah-i * Ald'i 168
Darfi. ^ikuh ^lathiyydt 139
Darh-ul Masai 202
Daatur-ul Mubtadi 201
Daulat ^ah Tadkirat-ush Shu‘ard 64
Dildar ‘All Fawd’idi Asafiyah 89
Dulfaqdr 90
Diya-i Barani Tdrikli i Firdzshdhi 45
Diya-i Nakhshabi. Titti Ndmah 316
Diwdn-i Abut Faraj Rdni 214
,, Adib-i Sdbir (selections) 336
370
INDEX
A8\r lafahdni
Badr-i Chach (selections)
Barakat
Bidil
Blkkwud
Faydl
Fayydd
Figdni
Hdfiz
Hayd
Haydar Raid) (selections)
I mam I (selections)
Jaldl-ud Din Burnt
Jdmx
Jauhar
Kahm
Kamdl I^fahdnt
Kdlib
Khahl
KFdqdni
RJ}ix8ra u
Magrihi
Majd-t Hamgar (selections)
Mazhar
Mudtar
Muhta^haxn
Mu'izzx
Naaimi
Nazir i
Ntsbati
Ntzamx
Qdatm Anwdr
Qdsim Diwdnah
Qiydmat
Bahd'i
Riyddx
Rukn-% Sd\n (selections)
^dbit
,, Sa*d%
,, Sd\b
,, Salmdn Bduji
,, Sanjar
,, Saydi
> j ^h dhx
,» Shama-% Tabriz=^Ditvdn i Jaldl ud Din Rwni
M Slidpdr
,, Sharaf Qaztvini
$f Shaukat
,, Tdhb Amuli
,, Taufxq
, , Turdb
,, Wahshati
,, Wah^i
„ Walt
„ Wdqtf
Dulfaqdr
'AQi
281 , 282
307
220
261
226
285, 286
337
305
208
291
272
280
261 , 330
246, 247
299
338
33(.
202
230 , 231
252
.03
290
229
296
221 , 222
240
24.S
337
302
109
..69
219
276
277
290
223
249
284
104
2c S
262
3 15
300
236
293, 294
244
277
291
251
280
268
295
282, 283, 284
30i)
279
339
340
275
302, 303
90
INDEX.
371
hcrar-i Ntzdnnyah
141
Dur Ndmah
360
Durrat-ut Tdj
, ,
170
Durr-ul MawdHz
345
Durur id Mukallif
348
Ihiwalrdni IQiidr Khan
230
Fadl Ullah Klnn Lugat-t Vnrh
lOS
b''adl Ullah Mnsawl Scribe
180
Falvhri Javudhir-ul ^Ajd'ib
351
Fakhr-ud Din Razi Hadd'xq id Anwdr
109
Fdl Ndmah
190
Faqir Ullah Raq Darpan
IsO
Farn'i Ndmah
184
Farhanq i Fdruqi
194
Vnrhang i Jahdngii i
191
Farluit Hdtim TdC i
301
Urdu Diwdn
, ,
lb.
Fniid-ud Din, v Ganj-i t^iakai
Fnsl-ul Khitdh
134
F aid lid i Barahnah
10 i
F’ath Ullah Muh Filruqi Scnbe
132
Fnwdhd-i A^afiyah
SO
Fawdtih i Mayhndi
120
Kaydi, Abul Fa yd Diwdn
272,
27 .
Nal wa Daman
274
Faydi Suhindi Maddr-ul Afddd
192
I" ayd Ullah Risdlah-i Saydiyah
8()
l^’'iyynd, ‘Abd-iir Razzafj Dtwdn
280
Fi,rani Diwdn
2(.l ,
139
Fiqhi~i Ibrahim Shah i
8()
Firdausi 'Utah Ndmah
2!2
Y iibiif ii a Zalikhd
214
Furiat Ndmah
20 1
Fatdh-i Jbn-i A^sam
13
Fiitiih-ul Haramaqn
200
( iadtrtqah
95
Ganji ^lakar, Farid- ud Din RdhaUul Qulub
132
Gazih Tusi Kimiyd i Sa*ddat
128
Gazaliydt-i Salmdn
245
Gina’i Lari I^fdz Ndmah
275
(iiti Nurnd
3 42
Giyas. udDin Jam^id Zt^-i fadid i Sultdni
179
Gui wa Chauqdn — Hd^ Ndmah
250
Gulam Hueayn Salim Riydd-ua Saldtln
5S
Gulam Rida CJadl-un Naqmdt
180
(Jidiatdn
216
(hd Khusrau
228
(} id sh an - 1 Khirad
160
Gul^an-i Rdz
152
Gulzdr-i Ibidlum
340
(hfdn Mdld
82
Habib-us Siyar
3
H add' iq-ul- Anwdr
169
Hadiqat ul Haqtqah
216,
216
Ha6z Diwdn
246
Haft Iqlim
76
Haft Manzar
262
Haft Paykar
224
Haft Risdlah-i Taqwim-ul Bulddn
32
INDEX
:^72
Haji Tarjumah-t l^amd'il-un Nabi 122
Haji l\ljalitah Taqwim-ut-TawdriMk 8
H4]i 8ab^wa^l Tdh‘-i Maulud-i Humdyuni 180
Hakim Filsuf Mai^nbi, v Mir Yahya 173
Halldj wa Haddad 298
Hal Ndmah 250
Hamd Ullah Miistaufi Tdrikh-'i' Guztdah 1
Nuzhat-ul Qiduh 75
Haialah % Haydan 297
Haqd’iq-nd Daqd’iq 141
Haqq ul Yaqtn 94
Har'ihari'^a Piirdna 82
Hasan Na*<r nl La'ah 220
Haftan A')ma i Lecture^ 336
Hasan Sab/vvai 1 Ba^at-ul Mabdhi] 26
Hdhlnycih % Nafahat 00
Ha^t Bihi^t 241
Hatili Tim at Ndmah 202
H7l/t Manzai %h
Hdlxm Ta' ) 301
Haya, Ram Dnvdn 299
Haydnt-i Kaluj Dtiiutn (sections) 338
Hay) at id Fnqaha S3
HiLmat t ‘ Ald'i—DdmsJi Ndmah i * Aid' i
Hindu b Miskin ‘Ali Senbe 60
HusArri-ud Din, Mull ISpecimens of Galtqraphy 191
Hu&ayn b ‘Abd-nr Razzaq Jamdl-un ^dhhin 104
Husavn b ‘Alim Nazhat-nl Arwdh 132
Hii‘-avn b Hasan ul-Jurjani Jald-ul Adhan 113
riii6a\ n Kashifi Raudat ush Shuhadd 19
Mawdhtb-z ‘ Ahyyah 112
H Lisa y 11 Maybiitl? S/jaih i Daudn-% * 4.1 1 120
^ fbaddf-ul Khaiva^ 138
Tbn-i Hiisam, ^^lairis-ud Din Mali Khdwat Ndmah 248
I bn 1 IHiatun ul-‘Amuli Tarjumah-t Qntuh SJjdht 122
Ibn-i yma, Abu ‘Ali Ddmsji Ndmah 108
Ibn 1 Yamin Kulliydt — Riadlah-t Kdr Ndmah 244
Riadlah % Kanz-ul Hikmat ib
‘ Ibrati, Wa/ii ‘Ab Riydd-id Afkdr 06
IfHldh-i Sultan I 288
/ jdz Ndmah 275
I IJitiydrdt t J5adi‘ i 18 1
Ikram-ud Dm Sa^ddat nl Kaunayn 25
llahi Hakli^ Hiisayni Khivur^id i Jahdn Numd 78
Imami Harawi Diwdn (sclertions) 330
‘Inayat Ullah Scribe 181
‘ Inayat Ullah Klian Kahmat-i Tayyibdt 209
Iqhdt Ndmah 305
Iqbdl Ndmah-i Jahdngiri 48
Iqbal Sijistani Malfuzdt-i ^ Ala ud Daulah 142
lrahdd~ut Tdhbm 341
Tskandar, Niisrat b ‘Umar A poetical tract 119
Iskandar Mun^ii *Alam Ard i * Abbdai 37
IsLandar Ndmah bv Nizami 224
I'^hq, ‘Abd Ullah Diwdn 292
'Idhqiyah 350
lsma‘il Bakharzi Khuldaat ul laldm 99
Ptiqdd Ndmah 269
Hydr Ddmah 318
J a far Scribe 266
Jahdnga Ndmah 49
INDEX.
37:^
Jalal Bukhaii Qis^ah i
Amir Hamzah
32b
Jalal ud Din KAshani Mundzarah % Jamhuriyah
88
Jalal-ud Din Rumi. Diwdn
230,
231
Masnawi
231
Jalal-ud Din Tabafcaba’i
Preface to QudsJs Kulliyat
28<)
Jalal-ud Din Thanisari
Irshdd ut Tdhbin
34 i
Jald-ul Adhdn
1 i 3
Jald-ul ^Uyiin
22
Jaraali Masnawis — Mihr ul Quldh
2()4
Fur Fat Ndmah
lb
Nuerat Ndmah
lb
Qudrat Ndmah
lb
Mahbub us Stddiqni
lb
lamal-iid Din Husaxni Iniii Farhang i Jahdnqm
’•U
Tamal-ud Din Kliwansan
Tarjumah-i Miftdh-iil Faldh
1 .0
Jamdl-u^ Sdlihin
104
Jami, ‘Abd nr Rahman
Nafahdt-nl Uns
3 )
Diu<-n
252
Silsilat-ud Dnhab
254
Saldman wa Abndl
2 5‘> ,
25b
Tiihfat ul Ahrdr
J> ,
259
Subhal-nl Ahrdr
257
Y libuf Zalikhd
lb
Layh Majntln
25s
Khirad Ndmah-t Iskandat 1
259
Pt'iqdd Ndmah
lb
Bahdtistdn
117
J(imi‘‘-ul Fuyuddt
343
Jdm% ’ul Ma'^ddii
202
Jdmi^~ut Tamsil = * A)(Cib-ul Am‘^(tl
21 1
Jang Ndmah (Extracts)
141
Jang Ndmah -i Abu Muslim
130
331
Jang Ndmah-i Husayni
10
J anndt-un Na*im
3)S
Jauhari itaJikadah
10
Jauhari, Ayat Ullah Diwan
303
lawdh'ii-i Faridi
b2
J awdhir-ul ^Ajd'ib
351
fung-i Qutub h^dJn
1(4
Kahmdt-% Tayyihdt 2‘)‘>
Kahmdt-U'ih Shu'ard
Kalim Hamadani Diwdn 2 )()
Kalim Ullali b San*at Ullah Tarjwnah-i Risdlah i FakJii-nl Ha^ian 144
Kamal iicl Dm Ahmad ^iddiqi Tuhfafrul Wadd'i'- •^4b
Kamal-iid Din Isfahan! Diwdn 22' >
Kamal-ud Din Jahrami Bardhm-t Qdti* ■>«
Kamal Ullah Siddiqi Tarjumat-ul Aardr 24
Kamdl-us Sdlikin 1 D
Kam.wai Khan, Mnh Hadi Tadkirat us Saldtin-t Ohapat'/ 54
Kanz-ul Lugdt Ihb
Kanz-ul ‘ Ubhdd *^4
Kanz-us Sdhkin 128
Ka^fi Tirmifli, Mnh §alih Mandqib-t Murtaiawi 22
Katib Diwan -- 2'>o
Ka/irn, Muhammad Ahsan-us Styar 21
lUiadim Kamdl us Sdhkin 141
Khalil Diwdn 29b
KJialil Qa/wini ^arh i Kdfi 125
IQtamsah-t Sarfi 270
Khaqani Diwdn 221
^ardbdt 345
WiAshi* Kulhydt 20()
374
INDEX
KJ}ali^at-ul A' imrnali
105^
Khdwar Ndmah
248, 249
IWiayal, Muh Taqi Bwlan-i J^aydl
320
lihirad Ndmah-t Isttandari
259
Khtzdnat-ul Airdr
148
Khizdn WQ, Bahdr
307
SJbuldmh i Kiidh i Hag Quddi
97
Khuldmh-i Laid' if- id Kbciydl
312, 313
Khuldmt-nl Ahllbdi
2
Jihuldml III laldm
99
lihuldpat ul Manhaf
111
Kiiiisraii Dihlawi Ram'll id Rjdz
2U()
A' mah i Iskandari
239
Qirdn us Sa‘dayn
th
Duwalrani Khcdr J^dn
lb
Nuh Sipihi
lb
Diudn
240
RJiirm iva J^iusrau
lb
MatUc-id Anwar
241
Majndn wa Layh
lb
Ha,^t Bihi^t
lb
Tuhfat-us Siqi
242
Wa<)at-ul Haydt
lb
Qi'^mh-i Qhahdr Darwidi
3ir>
‘ t thgiycili
. . :r)0
I^usiau ua SJtititi by Ni/unii
224
Klmaju Sam A amah
24^.
Kfiwand Amir Khuld'iat ul AUdbui
o
Hahih us Sigai
3
Wiwdn « Khalil
207 , 341
Khwursh id i Jahdn A umd
77
K imiyd i Sa‘ddat
129
Kitdh-i Imdmiyah
90 91
Kitdb-ul Aurdd
% 151
Kuhl-ul Jawdhii
127
Kulhydt-i Ahli Shiraz i
265, 206
Kulhydt i ^Aypjhi
30()
,, Ihn-i Yam in
243
,, Khd^i'
^ 9(>
, KhuHrau
2!S
, , Quds 1
289
,, Sa*di
23 5
284
'Urf,
299
Kulhydt ur Rami
Kunuz-ui Rumuz
218
Lata'if-i Ashafi
145
Lata' if -id Haqd'iq
219
Lafd'if-ut Taiid'if
317
Lawdmi^-ul Anudn
21
Layli wa Mu') nun by Jami
258
Layli wa Majnun by Ni7ami
224
Layh wa Majndn by Sarfi
271
Luhdb-ul AiKbdr
?42
Lubh-ut Tawdrifdi
4
Lugat-i Turk!
198
Ma^ddin-ur Ridd
238
Ma*drij-un Ntihuwat
18—
Ma'dsii-i *Alamgirx
63
Maddi-ul Afddii
102
INDEX
375
Ma"din-ul Jawahir
31G, 310
Mafdtih-ul 'Ajam
37
Magribl, Mali Sirin Diwdn
248
Mahbub us Siddiqtn
264
Malub lUian Astarabadi Tdribk-t Jahdn Kushdi
35
Mahfil-i * An fan
145
Malimild Farj^abi Maqdsid-ul 4.uhyd
27
Mahmud Nishapuri Scribe
236
Maiimud ^abistari OuUhan-i Rdz
352
Riadlah i S^dhid
lb
Mahmvul ^iirazi, Hap Scribe
255, 256, 257, 259
Mahmud-u;^i'^id^i Riadlah i Haurdniyah
147
Mahmud wa Aydz
278
Majd-i Haingai DUoan (selections)
337
Ma}ma*-ul Mandqib
26, 27
Mafma^-us Sand'i^
204
Majmu^at us Sand’ l"
173
Alajnun iia Layll by Kliusrau
241
MaUizan-ul As? at —
223 , 225
Maktubat i *Abd Ulla/i Qutub
137
Maktubal-i AsJiraf
136
Malfuzdt-i '^Ald-ud Daulah
142
Manafi* ul Qulub
107
Alandqib-i Gausiyah
140
Mandqib-i Murtadawi
22
Mandqib-us Sadat
15
MandM i Qamar
177
AJanohar wa Madhurndlat
288
Mantiqi, v Husayn Maybudi
120
Mantiq ut Taqr
228
Maqamat i Fit
272
M aqasid-ul Auhya
^27
Maq'^ud-ul MtisalHti
84
Alaqsud ul Qdri
119
Maryub-ul Qulub
343
Maalak-ul Akhyai
271
Masnawi-i Riitni
231
Alasnaiciyat-i * Attar
227
Mu-, lid S tribe
277
Ma sum Muh ‘Ah Qisaah i Chahar Darwish
315
Matdli' ul Anwdt
29
Matla^-ul Anwar
24 i
Mauzun ‘A«a/ Natnah
304
Mawahib t ^ Aliy yah
112
Ma/har Jau Janan IHwan
302
Alazhar ul ‘ Aja’ lb
228 , 229
Alihr-ul Qulub
264
Mihr wa Mahabbat
285
Ah hr wa Mushtarx
24()
Alxnu B .zar
341
Alinhdj-ul Falah
152
Mir dit-i Jahdn N nmd
11
Mir’at i Madari
63
Mii’at-id Ahwid
68
Mirdt ul ilam
9
Extracts
10, 351
Mir’(d-ul Asrat
63
Mu l^ian, Wahid-ud Din Muh Raudat-ul Ashdb
20
Mir l^iwand Raudat-us Safd
2
Mir Yahya Majmu^at us Sand’i
173
Mif-bdh
250
MiMh id 'Abidin
151
376
INDEX
Muayyid’ul Fudala
Miibdhaqah-t Mulld bd Padri 105
Mu<Jtar, Mitthu Lai Diwdn 309
iVIuh b ‘Abd-ul lOialiq Kanz ul Lugat 196
,, b Aliraad Harawi Futuh-i Ibn-t A*sam 13
,, b Ahmad Mabarnabadi Futdh i llm i 1 i
,, ‘All Jabalriidi ^A]d'ib‘Ul Amsdl 211
, ‘All Sirkani Sharh-i Alfiyyah 206
,, Amin Qazwiiii Pddtshdh Ndmah o6
,, Amjad Dunir-ul Mukallif 348
Tarjumah ^ Strdjtyah tb
,, ‘Arnuli Nafdhs id Funun 172
,, A 1 shad Scribe JSS , 299
,, ‘Ati(j Ullah Scribe 14b
,, A /am Wdqi'dit-i Ka'ihmit 57
,, Badi‘ Maii^ihadi Tab<^irat-uz Zfi'ii 08
, Buqa Mir'^dt-id ^ Alam 9
Ml)' at i Jahdn Numa 1 1
,, Ba{]ir J^ahbaliuni Risdlah-i Tijarat 100
, Baqir Majhsi faldul'Uyiin 22
Tuhfat'UZ Zd'tt 92
Haqq-ul Yaqm 94
' Ayn-iil Haydt 95
Zdd-ul Ma'dd 152
A treatise on prayer, etc 163
\nothet treatise, on the ilttues of the Surahs of the
Qmdn 190
,, JJaruri Uiniiii A gul i ‘ \shrali 175
, Daivvidi, HAji Scribe 04
,, b Da’ud ^hadiabndi Shark ^ Diwdn-i IQiaqani 222
j, Habib Ullah i^^ibun 197
,, Hadi Shaih i Shafn/ah 199
,, Hasan v^iirazi Scnbi 232
,, Htishini Criijarati '^cuhe 13
, Hashira Qa/winl Scribe 250
,, Husayn Scribe 175
,, Husayn ^iij a/i Scribe 207
,, Husayn ul-lvatib Scribe 253
, Kamal Scribe 303
, Kliahl, ^iwajah Tankh-i Shahtnshdhi 56
,, b Lad Mu' aqyid-ul Fudald 192
Mahdi Edits Hasan AfmirVs lectures 355
, Mahmud Lubdb ul Akhbdr 343
,, b IVlabmud Tntiumah i Lubdh-ul Akhhd) lOli
,, INlii’mm lJusayni Eisdlah-i Migddriyah 174
Mu’min Ma'i^ihadi Scribe 152
,, Nadir Tadkirat-ul Ma' '^umin 28
,, Fanah Scribe 210
,, ParoA Fad ul Khituh 134
Tahqiqat ib
, Qasim Scribe 74
,, Rafi‘ Wa‘i/ Qazwini ^ 166
,, Rida Scribe 274 318
,, Rida Misri Siribe 216
, Rida b Mull Sahli Ma^hadi Stt the 5
, Sa‘d * Afiyah 200
, §Adiq Azadani Sfiahid-i Sudiq 333
,, §adiq ^iihdbi MZindqib-i Gausiyah 140
,, Sa‘id Sctibc 116
, 8a‘id SJiakaristdn 237
§a]ih Kanbul) -Anial-i Sdhh (missing) 51
,, SarfaiAzi Tuhfat-id Gaidhh 190
INDEX.
377
Muh ^lafi Mir'at-i Jahdn Numd
,, ^larif iSird]-ul Munir
,, ^ah Zanjani Scribe
, , V A!:^na
, , fahir Tabrizi S( ribc
, Taqi b Majlisi Anonyinou'. woik
,, ul Katib Shirazi Saibe
,, -ul Qari Khizdnat-ul Asrdr
, Wans? Pddifthah Ndmah
,, Yuauf Ataki Muntahhab-ut Tawdtikh
Muhibb Ullah Ilahabadi ‘Ibdddt-ul JSJiawds
Alulita^am Kashi Dhrdn
Muhyi Lan FiiUVi-ul Haiamayn
Mu‘in Miskio, JMiilIa Ma'dri)-im Nubuiuat
iMu‘in-ud Din Ant’^-ul Aiwuh
Alu‘i/zi Samaiqandi Dtivan
’Mu‘i7z-ud Din Qazwini Scribe
Al — Mu']am j'l MaUVh i A^^dr il *Ajam
Mujchtami da? Ma‘rtfat-i Taqwim
M unazarah ? Jamh lO lyah
M uniakhah i Bdstdu t Khaval
MuntakJiab-i Shah A rhnah
M unfakhah-id Lugat
MiiniakJiab uf Taivdtikji
Mund-ul Haq
Miist.ifa ‘4hbasi Taudih ul Milal
Musia id IQmn, Muh Sa(}i Ma'dti?-i ‘.llaingiri
Mu'taruad Khan Tqhdl N^ainah-i Jahdnqh i
Alnvnl-i Shdhzadiqi-i Shdh fahun
Mu/aflar ‘Usinani Maq^ud ul Mumlhn
i\afahdl id Uii<^
Nafd'is id Fun HU
K\tra( ts
Vajrn ud Din Klian A treatise on A^qebra
Xal wa Daman
Nan wa Halwn
Nasimi ^lira/i Duran
Naslm-ur Rabd
Kasira i Hamadam Anthology
Nasir ud Din Husayn Scitbe
Nasii-ud Din Lahaun Fatdwa-i Baiahnah
NTaaii-ud Din Muh Ansari Tarjumah-i * Iddat-iid DdU
Nasji-ud Dill Tu^i ikhlaq-f Ndnri
MukJita^a} dar Ma^rifat ? Taqwim
Bnt Bdb
Xa^r-ul La'idt
IS! auras
Nawidi Boems
Na/iri Nishapuri Diwdn
NigdiiHtdn
Ni mat Ullah Yainani Kamal iis Sdhkin
Nisdb-us Sibydn
Nisbati Thanisari Dhian
Ni/am Ahmad Dada’uni Rabat ul Quliih
Nizfimi Ganjawi Diuan
Khamsah — Makhzan ul Asrdr
KFusrau wa SFMn
LayU ?va Majndn
Haft Paykar
Iskandar Ndmah
Nizarn-ud Din, Alimad b Muh Ftqh-i Ibrdhim Shdhl
Ni/am-ud Din Ahmad Mapna"^ us Sand* t*
I I
hVl
J04
•d
220
140
5.1
1 IS
2u0
JOO
IS
1 iO
210
275
20 ;
ITT
sS
12h
21 1
lOT
7
lOs
S4
170
274
2 0
27<)
.1
10 .!
NS
1»)2
177
d)
220
J40
liO
277
141
220
>0O
132
223
22 3
221
d)
lb
lb
SO
-01
878
INDEX
Nizatn ud Din Ahmad Harawi Tabaqdt-i Akhari {Extract's ) 10
NizAm ud Din Yamani LaUVif-i A^rafi 136
Vuh Stpihr 239
Vur Miih ^1 ay Id I Ruqa^dl-i Ahul FarJI 208
Nur Mull Manohar wa Madhu Mdlat 289
Nur-ud Din b Jalal-ud Din Tar)umnh-^ Shu*ab ul tmdn 97
Nur-nd Din Qari Maqmd ul Qdn 119
Nur ul /mdn 31
Nur-ul Quhih 140
Nuflrat, Mull Nasii KJiuliUnh t Laid' if ul Rf hauu! 312
Nusmt Ndmah 264
Nuzhat-ul Aiwdh 132
Nuzhat ul Quluh 75
Pudi sh ah Nuinah by Muh Amm 50
Pudi^hdh Namah by Muh Wari-^ 53
Band \ amah 229 , 349
Pir Alnh S'rrihe 31 , 214
(fahus 197
QAdizadah 1 Rumi /Ayi Tadid-i Sultdnl 17'»
(}arniyah-i-Shdh Jahdn 51
Qaf-a*id i Sahudn 215
Qasim ‘All Sayyid Ruqa'ainlQan ll‘i
Anvvai Diwun 249
VAsnn Diwanah Diwdn 284
Qawd*id-i F(Ufa 202
Qawd id nl Hi day nl 189
(Jirdn Sa dayn 239
Qi'imh 1 Ami? Hamzah by Jalal Buldihari 329
Qi^^iah-i imir Hamzah bv an anonymous author 329
(p'^mh-Bihi Zayyuri 330
Qispgh-i Chahdi Darwi^h 315
Diylmat, (-riyti^-ud Din Dtwdn 304
(Jiijdmat Ndmdk by Bahr-xil Ulum 101
(^hydmat hdmah by Rafi‘-ud Din 347
Qudrat Ndmah * 264
t^ludsi, Muh Jan Kulliydt 286
<Mir?at~ul *Aynayn 99
(^utb-ud Din Muh 1 treatise on theology lOS
Qutb-ud Din Muh b Giyas^-ud Din A theoloqu al tract 344
Qutb nd Din SJjirazi Durraf ut Tdj 170
Rag Da? pan 186
Baha’i, Sa d ud Dm Diwan 268
Rahat ul Quluh 132
RAi (’hand V'^ul-i (hnd 187
Rafi‘-ud Din Qiyarnat Namah 347
Hamz wa Ishdrahd-i Ailamglri 209
liasa'il-ul /‘ 7 ac 206
Rashahdt-i ^ Ayn-ul Haydt (>1
Rashid-ud-Din, Muh Saulat-i Uadanfariyah 102
Ra^id-ud Din Muh Tsfara’ini Mi'-hah 250
Ranhid-ud Din Watwat Tarjumah i Sad Kahmah 119
Raudat-ul Ahhdh 15, 16
Selections 18
Raudat-ul Ashdb 20
Raudat-ush SlpRiada 19
Raudat-u'* Safd 2
Raudat-us Sdhkin 143
Raudat-ut TdhxrXn 6
lNDJl;X
379
Dau;:^ian ‘Ah Jaunpuri Tarjumah-i Khu^dsat-ul Hisub
17b
Qawd*id i Fdrsi
202
Hiaalah dat *Ilw-i Kaf-i Dost
174
fSsdlah dar Glm-i Musiqt
174
Bisdlah da) 'Iqdi Andnttl
174
Jiisdlah i AdAyah
164, 156
Tl aura my ah
147
, Kanz ul Hikmat
244
, , Kdr Ndmah
244
,, Manzum dar Mu'ammd
174
, , Miqddrtyah
174
M ds1qi
1S7
,, Saudiyah by Fayd Ullah
86
, Saydn/ah (anonymous)
1 74
, Shahid
352
,, Taqwim
173
, Tijdrat
lUO
Kiyadi Sainariiandi Dtwan
252
IS y ad- id Afhdr
66
h'lydd-u^ Shu ara
65
ISydd-us Snlaini
58
ISydd-us SandA*
34(>
Rnhd'iyat -t Aha Sai'id Abul
34()
Ixubddiyaf i (Ian) fa h
2(»6
RubaAyat-i Sahdbi
274
Rukn-i §<i’in Diudn (selei tioiis)
335
Runiuzdl
344
Ruifa^dt-'i Abul Fadl
20 S
Ruqa'at i ‘ ifarnqiri^^Rauiz wa I shdiahd i " Alamiim
209
Ruqa'dt i Aman lllah Humym
208
RuqaSit id (Id) i
119
.sa ddat uf l\aunayn
Bul^iari Diwnn (selections)
SAhit, M\ih Afdal Diwdn
^a‘di Kulliydt
Bust an
Diwdn
Qulistdn
Sadi ud Din Alimad (the donor)
Sadi ud Din IMuh Tabrizi Addh~\ 'Ahbnsx
Safi, V ‘All b Husayn Ka;^iifj
Safi b Nasir Dasiur-ul Muhtndi
Sahabi Astarabadi Rubti N
Sa’ib, I\Iuh ‘All Dtwdn
Saldmdn wa Absdl
Silah-ud Din Miisa, v Qadi/adah-i Kami
S.ihh, Mir Scribe
Salim, V Dulain Husayn
Salman Sauji Dtwdn
Qasd’id
Gazalt
Sam Nama/i
Sana’i (-laznawi Hadiqah
Diwdn
Sanjar Ka^ii Diwdn
Saqi Ndmah i Zuhuri
Saifi Kazmin J^hanisah — Maslale til Akhydr
Wdmtq wa *Aird
Layld wa Majnun
"'aqdmat-i Pir
25
33(>
300
233
23G
ih
tb
149
201
274
20.j
255, 256
25()
244
245
lb,
243
215
21S
277
278
271
lb
lb
272
201
Sari-i ir
380
INDEX.
Sai IUjwuiJj Kulim<u ((di
Saulat‘i Gadanfarhjah
Sawdnih-yl Hijd. — Nafi xua Halwd
Saydi Tihrani Diwan
Sayfi Harawi Tdrthh-^ Elardt
Sayyid Hiisayn Durr-ul MawdHz
Khardbat
Sh a*d' Lf-ul tmdn
Shahi, Amir Dhj)dn
Shdh'id-i i^ddifj
Slidh Ndrnah
Shah Nau.i/ H\iouvi»i DaMtirah-i Jawdhir
ShakaxiHtdn
Sliarns-i Qavs A l~ Mu' jam
‘'>hnm' wo Parwdnah
Sljapur, Aqa EHwdn
Sharat-i (}fi/\vini Ditudn
Shaiaf-ud Din ‘Ah Yazdi Zafar Namah
Tnhfat-ul FaqU
Shaih ? Allnjoh
,, Btst Bah
, Diuon-i ‘All
,, Diirun i E£hdgdnt
,, Kdfi
,, \xizhat h 1 \rwdh
,, Shofiyafi
Sjjaiif Jiir]ani Sawid Surf i Mir
Shauf-nl Ka^hani KhuhUnt ol Manhaj
^hathiqydt
Sliaiikat Ihikluiri Dhvdu
Sliifa’j Kvilii/at
Mifn wa Maliabhat
Shihab-ud Dm Daulatabadi Mandqib-us Sddat
SJpftn 'fi ft Kflusrau bv I^uisrau
Shukri Afsdnah-i Mahahbat
Si Fa 9l — Af ulh tasar dar Ma‘rifat-i Taqwxm
Sih Xasr-i Z ihnii
iSthr'i TIaldl
Silu-ul ‘ Ih/un
Silsilnt-ud Dahah
Stnqho'^an BnttUi
Stio)-ul Abroi
Siroj-id Mnnir
Si}d)-id Wahhdi
Sirr-i Akhar
St>7-id 4.9rdr~Sirr-i Akhar
Siyai-i *Afifl = Tar)umah i Maulild on Nabi
Subhat ul Ahrdi
Subiidh Mai Bainz wa k^aralnPt ‘ Alamqirt
Suldlnt-id Mi^ydr
()5
102
2Sl
201
II
.145
ih
Ob
251
1.13
2 37
20 1
2{r>
JSO
2()8
.34
310
2i 0
ITS
120
125
1.33
10 •
201
III
1 30
205
281
15
240
3 OS
177
341
2()5
18S
2.54, 25.5
, 10
•147
1 (>,3
35 ;
s2
sj
14
257
209
97
Tahaqdt-i A kbai i 14
Extracts 10
Tabnrot-id Muhtadin 103
Tab^irat-uz Zd'ir 08
Tadkii at-ul Auhya 59
Tadkii at-ul Hukamd 00
Tadkirakxd Ma'smmn 28
Tadkxrat id LJmard 33
Tadktrat-ufih Shu'ard 1 4
TadJnrat us Saldtm-i Ghagatd 5 1 55
Tafsir-t 'Alt ‘Azim Sbdn 110
Tafdr-i Ba'd {ydt 118
INDEX
3S1
Tatfiir-i SJidfii
1 ajsir-% Zawwarf = Tat]iunaHd fUiawcU
Tahdib-ul Mayyat
Tahir Muh SabzwAii Raudat-ut Tdhiiin
T.ihir Nasirabadi Anthology
TAhn Wahid TmilJi-i Tdlur Wahxd
Tnhqiqdt
Tdj-ul Asdtni
Tahb Arauli Dlwdn
Tdh* z Maulud-1 Hvmdyiin
'lamoh id Mnndi
Toqwim-ut TaivdrilJl (Tuiki‘»h)
TanJdl-i *Alam Aid i " Ahhad
'I dnkbi-i ‘ \rn
Tankh-t Firuz ^>iahi
,, (iu-idah
, Hardt
,, J ahdn K y Jia i
,, Kd^hda
,, Mas udi
Musa lid
, Salddn-i Afdganah
,, Shdhinshcda
,, *Tdhii nhid
Tainimah i '•Iddat-ud Da^l
,, Joabadnsht
,, Khukhat-ul Hisab
,, ^liddtat id MafdJchir
,, Luh'tb id A khhai
,, M(didbharat
, , Mauliid-nn h. abi
, , l\lift(di id Falah
,, Mwliai id Eagan
iMijj/nal id Hikinat
, (Jiitub SJialr
, I'lf^alnh 2 FaLh-i id Hasan
Sad hahrnah
, Shama'il-iin F'abi
, i^iu'ab~ul Imdri
,, S'lrajiyah
,, Suhdhi
,, Taqu'itn-ul Abddn
TarjumaSid A°uh
,, Khaiids
'L’ar/i, Mnlla M<ddin-ul Jawdfm
Taudih-ul AJilal
Taufiq Ka'^imiri Diuan
Tanqih-ul Akhhdr
Tawakkul Beg Muntakhah-i Slfdh Ndmah
Timur Tuzuk ^ Tlmuri
Timut Ndmah
Tidifat-id Ahrar
,, *Alam
Faqii
,, GardAb
,, Muslim in
,, Wadd'd
Tuhfat-ua Salat
Tuhfat-us Siqr
Tuhfat-uz Zd\r
Turab Kashi Diwdn
Tult Ndmah
Tuzuk-% Timuri
no
100
()
.11
40
131
lOA
282
180
101
8
IT , 39 , 40
12
45
I
41
35
57
31
19
10
50
40
U8
81
176
142
100, 342
70
1 1
t~iO
182
irv.
122
114
119, 219
121
97
318
183
181
24
100
320
12
300
43
21 1
34
262
250, 250
07
310
I'H)
104
319
85
242
02
279
310
34
382
INDEX
‘Ubayd UHah Ahrar A Sufic treatise
145
Ulu^ Beg, 7A') 1 Jadid-i Sultdni
* Uqul-i 'AsJirah
179
175
* Umdat-ul Iddm
' 107
‘Hrfi ^ira/i Knlliydt
269,
270
‘Upman Haruni Anis-ul Arwdh
130
IJsul-i Gind
187
Uml-un Naomdt
181) ,
187
Wahhhati Diwdn (Selcotions)
339
Wah*!)!!, Karnal-ud Din Diwdn
340
Wall Da^ht Bayadi Diwdn
277
Walih Dagistani Rtvdd-ush ShiAard
05
Wall Ullah, ^lah Qurrat-ul ^Aynayn
<t0
Wdmiq wa Adrd
271
Wdqi'dt-t Kashmir
77
Waqif, Nur-ul ‘Ayn Diivdn
302
WasaRul Haydt
242
Wadat Kdmah
172
Yahya Qa^wini Lubb-ut Tawdrikh
4
Yfihanna Bani Tsra’il ul-Misri KJhatx’ at-ul AAmmah
100
Yusuf wa Zalikhd by Firdausi
2U
Y dsuf wa Zahkhd by lami
257
258
Zdd‘ul Madid
172
Zafar Ndrnah by Sharaf-ud Dui ‘Ali Yazdi
34
Zafor Ndniah bj' C^uds?
287
Zamaldi^har-i, Malimud Tdj-ul Asdmi
197
Zayn-ul ‘Abidin Mi^bdh-ul * Abidin
Zayn ul ‘Attar, Haji, \ ‘AIT b^Husayn AnsAri
171
/))-i Jadid-i Sultdni
179
Z/nat nl Q tri
119
Zuhuri Khwdn-i Khalil
207 ,
341
Sdqi Ndrnah
278
N auras
340
Onlzdr-i Jbidhiui
lb
Mind Bdzdr
341
Zulali KhwansarT Mnhuiiid wa Aydz
278
ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS
Page 23, line 19 Road Hadtq instead of Hadui
, 62, ,, 13 Read MiiHamad instead of MiiRamid
,, 67, ,,29 Road Haydardhdd in'>toad of Haydarabad
, 77, No 102 See the article on tins work by H Beveridge in the J V S H
for 1S95. pp 194 fll
\ copy of the portion of this work dealing with Bengal is in
the Library of the Asiatic Society of Bengal and theie
catalogued as Tawankh-i-Bangalah This is the extract on
which Beveridge’s aiticle is based See the Catalogue ot
the Persian Books and Manuscripts in the Libiary of the
Asiatic Society of Bonijal Calcutta, 1896, p 182, No D 131
,, 78, line 22 Read Polynesia instead ot Polinisia’
,, . ,,32 Read ar< instead of arehitecteral
,, 97, ,, 9 Read quddr instead of gu/ai
,, 101, ,, 15 Read Nasafi mste.id of NasafL
,, 102, ,, 27 Read instead of Gazantaiiyab
,, 109, ,, 8 Read Husayn instead of Hasan
,, 122, ,, 23 Road Ibn-i Khdt am instead of Ibn-i IHiatira
,, 136, ,, 32 Road are instead of is
,, 147, ,, 28 Read Yus of instead of Yusuf
,, 148. ,, 13 Read Na/awa instead of Safawi
176, ,, 24 Read Har/rt’v instead of Hariri’s
,, 190, ,, 23 Read /?n/d instead of Rida
,, 194, ,, 20 Read t/u/idr instead of Guftar The same coriecbion applies
to line 22 on the same page
. 219, , 31 After 7‘)06 add riee also p 1 in this Catalogue
, 236, ,, 12 Read instead of Mahmud
,, 249, ,, 9 Pvead Aiaic/a/ i instead of Maiilawi The same correction ap-
plies to p 252, line 5, p 254, lino 10
,, 253, ,, {) Road Bankipiir instead of Bankipur The same collection
applies to p 25 1, line 6
,, 273, ,, 28 React instead of Faidi
, 275, , 11 Read instead of Tallin asp
,, 276, ,, 0 Read Z>cZ/ie instead of Delhi
,, 280, ,, 29 Read instead of Harisi
,, 281, , 18 Read Kamrah instead of Kamraii
,, 285, ,, 6 Read instead of Qit‘abs
,, 302, ,, 17 Read Wnsukhts instead of Wasiikhts
,, 303, , 23 Road Jauhari instead of Jawhari
,, 312, ,, 10 Read Ahlt instead of Ahli
,, ,, ,, 11 Road Ridd instead of Rija
,, 317, ,, 24 Read instead of
,, 320, ,, 21 Read instead of Ahtnadabad
,, 321, ,, 22 Head Shdhzddah Mu‘izz-ud~DinmBtead of ^lahzadah Mu‘i/z-
< ud-Din
,, 329, ,, 30 Read instead ot Hii^rulea
,, 343, ,, 3 Aitev the word work,’' add, like the one mentioned, p lOh in
. tins Catalogue
,, 353, ,, 12 Read Arzu instead of Arzu
,, ,, ,, 19 Read Shawwdl instead of Shawwal
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